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Caterpillars, besides those already mentioned (the Bark Build- 

 ers the Hammock Weavers the Tent Makers the Leaf 

 Marchers the Posture Masters and the Cannibal Fratri- 

 cides of our city), begin, or pass a portion of,' their lives upon 

 the oak. 



From the earliest opening of the leaves up to the present 

 month, and beyond it, numerous varieties of these may be 

 obtained, by spreading a cloth, or holding an inverted um- 

 brella, under the shaken boughs of the tree ; but the best 

 hours (as collectors well know) for the performance of such 

 operation are those which follow directly on the dawn of day, 

 when the gormandizing crew are accustomed to assemble at 

 their early breakfasts. 



We have no room for description of the more common " fry," 

 which are likely to reward the early insect sportsman, by fall- 

 ing into his sheet, or umbrella net ; but we must not overlook 

 (nor must he) the queerest, perhaps, of all Caterpillar Fish one 

 which may happen, if good luck attend him, to be found in 

 some August or September haul. This is the " Lobster' 1 ' 1 Cater- 

 pillar), a prize, we can tell you; and though it will not now, 

 when expanded into the " Lobster Moth," fetch its fortunate 

 finder, as it would once, a five-pound note, it will draw upon 

 him for not a few notes of admiration, paid readily at sight. 

 Without even the trouble of spreading net or shaking bough 

 with that, merely, of walking with our eyes open, we are 



just as likely to obtain possession of this insect oddity. 



