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should then be carefully dried in an oven, and the case 

 rendered air-tight. 



The caterpillar is full-fed about midsummer, and, passing 

 the winter in its chrysalis state, is developed into the Moth in 



the following June. 



1. Cerura furcula. 2. Stauropus fagi. 3. Kotodenta dromedarius. 



a. Stauropus, larva. b. Notodonta, larva. 



Next in order comes the Moth which, as the larva feeds on 

 sallow and the insect belongs to the same genus as the Puss 

 Moth, l)ut is much smaller, is popularly termed the Sallow 

 Kitten Moth (Dicranura or Cerura furcula). This insect is 

 represented on Woodcut LII. Fig. 1. The specific name of 

 furcula signifies a little fork, and is given to the insect in 

 consequence of the shape of the larva, which is terminated by 

 two diverging horns, continuous in their outline with that of 

 the body, and not projecting from it like the horn of a Hawk 

 Moth larva. 



