INSECTS. 
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THE WINTER MOTH, (Geometra brumata.) 
THIS caterpillar delights in newly opened leaves ; but is 
not so ravenous as many others, having long intervals be- 
tween its meals. It seldom quits a leaf until it is entirely 
consumed. The colour is very elegant. The upper part 
of the body is of a fine yellowish green ; but it is by no 
means so beautiful after as before feeding, its skin being 
so thin as to imbibe the hue of whatever food it eats. They 
are also called looper Caterpillars ; because when they 
crawl they draw their hind and fore-feet together, so as 
to form their bodies into a loop. They go into the pupa 
state towards the end of June, burying themselves for that 
purpose in the earth ; and in November or December the 
perfect insect is brought forth. 
