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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 



nest of the gold-tailed moth, it is divided into chambers, and is 

 externally irregular in form, depending entirely for its shape 

 upon the locality in which it is constructed. 



Even in this country it is sometimes plentiful enough to 

 annoy the farmer, who does not Hke to see his hedgerows dis- 

 figured by the silken tents spun by these caterpillars ; but in 



France it has occurred in such hosts as to entail a serious loss 

 upon the agriculturist, whole rows of trees having been stripped 



