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in a more secure part of its dominions, viz. that 
of the branches, among the joints and spurs, and 
there it remains torpid throughout the winter. 
At this time it is of a very small size. The cover 
or tent resembles the seed of hay in size and co- 
lour, but ci’ooked, similar to a horn in miniature. 
This little hermit, as well as those described in the 
preceding pages, has to await the animating sun- 
beams to empower it to quit its winter abode, to 
possess the plains more eligible for a summer 
encampment, and generally commences its cam- 
paign about the beginning of May, when it will 
be seen in all directions, carrying along with it 
its tent, apparently using every precaution to 
procure a proper and fruitful plain for its sta- 
tion, which they never fail to obtain j and thus 
the leaves become furnished with those little tents, 
which have a very remarkable appearance when 
fixed in a perpendicular position on their surface. 
The injury committed by these Caterpillars is 
not so serious as that done by the three former ones, 
as they derive their support from the foliage, and not 
from the bloom or fruit. When the trees are nu- 
merously visited, which sometimes is the case, they 
render them unsightly, from the spotted appear- 
ance produced in deriving their support. The top 
rind and the pulp of the leaf ai’e generally con- 
sumed, leaving the bottom cuticle, or rind. 
For their destruction the Mixture (No. 3) 
should be adopted. It is to be applied with the 
engine in the fore end of OetoI)er, but as the cases 
