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dead leaves, or among the litter at the surface of the 

 ground, and ■within this the worm becomes a pupa, or 

 chrysalis, as it is sometimes called. This pupa is about 

 0.25 of an inch in length, and is light brown. 



Remaining quiet in this state for from ten to thirteen 

 days, the pupa works its way partly out of the cocoon, 

 the skin splits, and the moth escapes. The insect having 

 become a moth (or miller is the common name), has ar- 

 rived at its perfect, or imago state, and its mission now is 

 to lay eggs for another brood of worms. 



These moths were numerous in Eastham from the 10th 

 of June until about the first of July. The eggs were de- 

 posited on the under side of the leaves. 



It was a common theory that the eggs were " laid in 

 the bud ;" but I have never been able to find one there, 

 and have yet to meet with the person that found the egg 

 on that part of the plant ; therefore, I am forced to con- 

 clude that it was only theory. I have seen hundreds of 

 the eggs, and never one but it was on the under side of 

 the leaf. 



This moth is most active in the afternoon, and just at 

 eve. The eggs that are laid in June hatch sometime 

 about the 4th of July, and the insect passes through the 

 same stages of existence as before, moths coming out in 

 August, and laying eggs on the vine. These eggs remain 

 on the vines all winter. A very few may hatch in Sep- 

 tember, but I have never succeeded in finding more than 

 three or four in that month. The first brood is not usu- 

 ally so numerous as the second ; but this year the first 

 brood visited the bog of Mr. Nathaniel Robbins, of Har- 

 wich, and completely stripped the vines, eating everything 

 that it could eat. I visited his bog on the S8th of June, 

 and I never saw the second brood do more than this first 

 brood did. I think this bog was under water until the 

 first of June. 



At Sandwich, ou the 16th of July, there were vine 



