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length, yellowish, with three blackish stripes along- the body, and a 
bright- red head. It is clothed with long, scattered hairs, four white 
Hf/DfMAN S.C. 
Fig. 22. — Orgyia leucostigma. Various stages; eggs at h and k. (Howard.) 
tufts on the anterior part of the body, and three long black plumes, 
two in front and one at the tip of the body. In the North there is 
but one brood a year, 
but from New York city 
south there are usually 
two broods, the caterpil- 
lars of the second appear- 
ing in early August. 
THE GIPSY MOTH. 
(Porthetria dispar Linn — figs. 
23, 24, and 25. ) 
Although practically 
confined to certain parts 
of Massachusetts, this insect is quite liable to spread, and all interested 
in orchards and nurseries should be able to recognize this caterpillar. 
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Fig. 23. — Porthetria dispar: female moth. (Howard.) 
