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ZOOLIKiY 



ami young grain ; and the myriad cut-worms, of which some 

 gnaw oii" j'oung gartlen shoots at the level of the ground, while 

 other kinds ascend trees and destroy buds. 



ii ^"^ — N st f r/ I jn I / 7 th f jr st t lit It rpillar, showing 



the « 1 u 1 th ^ > th lii\t rcN\dtjo the r unit Phot 3 by V. H. L. 



An allied family includes the Tussock moth (Fig. 49), 

 whose variegated larva bears dense Ijrush-like tufts of whitish 

 hairs on the first four abdominal segments, and is very 

 destructive to shade trees in our citi(>s ; the Gypsy moth, im- 

 ported some years ago into Massachusetts, where the state 



