FOREST LIFE. 



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dark brown lines that it is hard to tell which of the 

 two is the ground color (Fig. 165). It lays its eggs 

 in a cluster on a leaf near the tip of a twig of cher- 

 ry, usually wild cherry. 

 The larvae make a snug 

 nest by fastening together 

 the leaves at the end of 

 the twig, and within this 

 nest (Fig. 166) they live, 

 adding new leaves to the 

 outside as more food is 

 needed. The leaves die 

 and become brown, and 

 thus render the nest con- 

 spicuous. The larvae are 

 black above, with four 

 white stripes, and flesh- 

 colored below. When full 

 grown they descend to 

 the ground to transform, 

 and pass the winter in the 

 pupa state. 





Fig. 161;. —The scallop- 

 shell moth. 



Fig. 166. — Nest of larvae of the scallop- 

 shell moth, and eggs of moth enlarged. 



The Mocha-stone Moths, Ichthyura {Ich-thy- 

 u'ra). — There often occur on poplar and willow nests 

 of the form shown in Fig. 167. Each of these nests 



