1 8 FIRST LESSONS IN ZOOLOGY 



feathers in appearance, are longer in the males than in 

 the females. 



Fig. 8. — A tri("> of applr tent-caterpillars, Clisiotiuiipa nmrricana, natural 

 size. These caterpillars make the lari^e imsi^htl>' wehs or ''tents " in 

 apple-trees, a colony of tlie caterpillars liviny; in each tent. (Photo- 

 graph from life Ijy M. V. Slini;erlanil.) 



K.xamine a moth, noting- the number of wings, mnnber 

 of legs, the antenna; and c\es, and the scales or hairs 

 which cover the body and wings. Make a drawing, 

 from dorsal view, of a moth with wings outspread. 



