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also several oval rings marked by a tracing of bare 

 veins and translucent leaf tissue (Fig. 16); then I 

 noticed an oval bit of leaf wrong side up on the upper 

 surface of the leaf. A glance at this through my lens 

 showed that it was made fast to its place by several 

 bundles of glistening white silk. With a knife point 

 I tore asunder these ropes and lifted the wee tent and 

 found fastened to its under surface another bit of the 

 leaf identical in shape but somewhat 

 smaller. Suddenly from an opening be- 

 tween the two an inquiring head was 

 thrust out with an air that said plainly, 

 " Who's there ? " I tore the two pieces 

 of leaf apart to get a better view of the 

 little inmate. He was a stocky, brownish 

 caterpillar, about one-sixth of an inch eig. 17. Caterpii- 



long, with shields on his thoracic Seg- larof Maple-leaf 

 °' Cutter enlarged. 



ments that shone like polished bronze 

 and an anal shield that was dull purple (Fig. 17). 

 His several simple eyes were in two such compact 

 groups that they gave the impression of two keen, 

 beady, black eyes, and I had a feeling that he 

 was inspecting me through the lens. He was very 

 unhappy and squirmy when removed from his cover, 

 and he backed so vigorously that he backed half his 

 length out of the rear end of his tent before he 



