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motlis, and they lay their eggs for an increased supply 

 of nests another year. 



This insect is so well known throughout the country 

 that it is only necessary to give here the most prominent 

 and important points in its history, the more especially 



Fig. 100. — APPLE-TREE TENT-CATERPILLAR ( Olmocampa Ammcana, Harr.) 

 a, Side View ; b, Back View of Caterpillar ; c, Eggs ; d, Cocoon. 



as the figures herewith given will alone enable the novice 

 to recognize it the mioment it appears in a young orchard. 



The eggs (fig. 100, c), from which these caterpillars 

 hatch are deposited mostly during the month of June, in 

 oval rrngs, upon the smaller twigs, and this peculiar 

 mode of deposition renders them conspicuous objects 

 during the winter time, when by a little practice they can 



