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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
insect tlie stripes and lines are usually pale pink instead of yellow 
or white. The two forward segments next the head are small, and 
those farther back much swollen, so that the head and first segments 
may be partly retracted and almost concealed beneath the folds of 
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the large fleshy parts, giving the caterpillar a humped appearance and 
suggesting the common name of hog caterpillar. These larvse are 
often attacked by parasitic insects, whose grubs feed on the flesh and 
fat of the caterpillars which later may be found in an enfeebled con- 
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dition crawling about with the cocoons of their destroyers clinging 
to their sides and back. The larva makes a poorly constructed 
cocoon on the surface of the ground, composed of leaves held together 
with a few silken threads. The chrysalis is yellowisli-gray and is 
