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, FIGURE XIX. . 



batch in about five da}s. The young- caterpillars feed upoiL> 

 the under surface of the leaves and often escape notice. Four 

 molts are cast during- the larval development, the last one 

 (and occasionally the one before the last) occurring- on the 

 trunk of the trees. The full grown caterpillar enters the 

 ground for pupation, in which condition it remains during 1 the 



