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EGGS OF CATERPILLARS. 
thongli this does not matter, as she has nothing' 
now to do but to die. The eggs lie unhatched 
through the remaining heat of summer, and the 
cold and snow of winter. But when the spring 
comes, and the tree puts forth its leaves, the 
little caterpillars will make their appearance,- 
and begin to feed upon the young and tender 
foliage. 
The gypsey moth is very rarely found in 
England; but there is a pretty moth, that you 
may often see, sticking to the bark of trees, and 
that has a tuft of golden hairs at her tail. She 
is called the gold-tail moth ;* and uses her tuft 
for the same purpose as the gypsey moth does 
the down. 
The instinct of this little creature to provide 
for her young, seems to work quite a change in 
her habits. By nature she is slow and sluggish, 
and does not like the trouble of moving; but she 
is quick and active enough while she is using her 
tweezers. It is wonderful to see with what dex¬ 
terity she pinches off a bunch of hair, places an 
egg upon it, and covers it over with another 
bunch; taking care, like the gypsey moth, -to 
smooth the hairs all one way. 
One funny-looking moth, called the vapourer 
moth,f has hardly any wings at all. As she 
* Portliesia chrysorhoca. f Orgyia antiqua. 
