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day. This is especially noticeable when \vulkill^^■ ;inion,L;st (lie 

 vegetation, the movement of the bnshes or trees disturhing tliem. 



July and iVugnst are the months we fiiid the perfect insects on 

 the wing. They then lay their cream-coh:inred eggs on tlie leavc-s, 

 sometimes singly, at others in groups. 



This [have noticed to take place after sunset, but Xi'\vmaii{4i 

 says that they may do so even in the midille of the da^'. 



The eggs (Fig. 160) hatch in from six to fitteen days into small. 



A'. Tuu.i,'. 

 Flli. 160.— EGOS OP THE .ll.Vr.l'IK SKITII (.•l/i/Y(.rn.s ;lr'Kxii/ariilt:l). (■•/. 1(1.) 



almiist'black loojier caterpillars wliicli feed upon the lea\'es as long as 

 there is any nourishment in them. As a rule they readi a little over 

 I inch before the lea\'es have so hardened that the catei'pillars have 

 to stop feeding. They then enter winter cpiarters, which are ver\- 

 varied ; some of the small caterpillars seek shelter amongst thr dead 

 leaves that collect in the forks and burrs on the bushes, others rrawl 

 under stones, wood and deliris on the ground. 



I have hiund them in the hollow ,-:nags of the bushes, and in tlio 

 case of gardens lhe\' especiidly clioose the holes in the mortar ot luick 

 aiul stone walls and under the boards of outliouses, etc. 



In sjiring they crav\d forth as soon as the leafage expands, and ;it 

 once commence to feed upon the young tender substance. It is 

 during this ]-)eriod that so much harm is done by this lusect. 



At first the young tender leaves are merely niblleil; latei' the 



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