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Fig. 4. — American Tent Caterpillar, {Clisiocampa aniericand)'. a and b, full 
grown worms on the outside of the tent; c, egg-mass with the gummy covering 
removed; d, cocoon containing the chrysalis; above all, the moth. (After Riley.) 
Our western species {Clisiocainpa fragiHs) resembles the above so closely 
that the Hgure serves equally well for it. 
Remedies. — Collect and burn the tents as soon as they 
are seen, o This should be done early in the morning or in 
the evening when the worms are in the nests. 
THE FALL WEB-WORM. {! hjitluuit ria nuiea Dru.) 
A yellowish or brownish caterpillar with a black head 
that forms a large loose web or tent in a great variet}^ of 
trees, beginning to api)ear about the first of July and contin- 
uing through the summer, d'he larva' are rather sparsely 
covered with long hairs that are whitish or yellowish in color, 
with occasional black ones for variety, d'his insect is read- 
ily distinguished from the d'ent Caterpillar in habits as the 
