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that people often suppose that a number of different species of " worms " are attacking 

 their plants. It is frequently of a bright green marked with white, and having along each 

 side a series of seven oblique greenish-yellow stripes ; again it may be found with its 

 general colour dark green, dark brown, blackish green, and other shades, even to deep black. 

 On the last segment of the body there is a curved horn or tail. The accompanying wood- 



cut (fig. 10) affords so satisfactory a representation of the three stages of the insect that it 

 is unnecessary to enter into a minute detailed description. 



The larva is found feeding during July and August. It often so closely resembles- 

 the foliage on which it reposes, the bands on its sides mimicking the ribs of the leaves. 



