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STRANGE DWELLINGS. 
nest of the gold-tailed moth, it is divided into chambers, and is 
externally irregular in form, depending entirely for its shape 
upon the locality in which it is constructed. 
Even in this country it is sometimes plentiful enough to 
annoy the farmer, who does not like to see his hedgerows dis- 
figured by the silken tents spun by these caterpillars ; but in 
APOICA 
France it has occurred in such hosts as to entail a serious loss 
upon the agriculturist, whole rows of trees having been stripped 
