vlll CONTENTS. 



Pane 



Oak- Leaf-Roller 162 



Rose- Leaf-Roller 163 



N ettle-Leaf- Roller 164 



Method of proceeding 16ft 



Probable mistake ruiicerning 166 



Sorrel-Leaf- Roller 167 



Admirable, and Painted Lady, Butterflies .... 168 



Mallow-Butterfly of France 169 



Willow- Loaf Hundler 170 



Nest of Ziczac Caterpillar 172 



Nest of Glanvillo-Fritillary ib. 



Experiment on gregarious Caterpillars by J. R. • , . 174 



Design in rolling leaves ib, 



CHAPTER IX. 



Habitations formed of detached leaves 176 



The Pondweed Tent- Maker 177 



Chickweed Caterpillar's nost 178 



Cypress-spurge Caterpillar's nest , 

 Durability of these structures 

 Compared with our architecture 



Moss cell of a Wall- Cater pillar , 183 



Caterpillar of Greenwich Park wall 184 



CHAPTER X. 



Caddis- Worms ... * 185 



Leaf aud reed nests of ib 



Shell nests of . , , , . . ... .186 



Stone ami sand nests of 187 



Nest balanced with straws 18a 



Carpenter-Caterpillars 189 



Caterpillar of Goat-Moth ib. 



Its winter nests ...... , , 190 



Singular nest of 191 



Nest of the Mgot'm in a poplar 192 



Paper-nest of the Puss- Moth 193 



How it escapes from its cell 195 



Purple-Capiicorn-Beetlo ....... 196 



Bark-building Caterpillar of the oak I97 



CHAPTER XI. 



Earth- Mason -Cater pillars 200 



Oulsido walls of their nest 201 



Caterpillar of Ghost-Moth ib. 



Experiments of Reaumur , , 203 



Nests of Ephemera Grubs 206 



Similar nests in a willow stump 207 



Nests of the Cicindela-Beetle ...... ib. 



The Ant-Lion , . 209 



Structure of the Grub ........ 210 



Formation ol' its traps 211 



Reflections upon the economy of Nature .... 214 



CHAPTER XII. 



Clothes Moth Caterpillar! 217 



Varieties in the species .* ih. 



