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Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . CHAPTER IV.The Moth.Date of appearance. Size. Color. Markings.. The full grown insect {somewhatenlarged). If there is any other insectwhich you can get more easilythan the tent-caterpillar, youmay write about it for your dues.Perhaps you have already seenthe Mourning-cloak butterfly, and it may have an interest foryou. I am sure you admiredthe pretty dark-purple mantle with its cream-colored border.All winter this butterfly lived in some protected nook and it wasone of the verj first messengers of spring. It lays its eggs inclusters around a twig of an elm, a poplar, or a willow tree assoon as the leaves appear. If you do not find the eggs, youwill probably have no difficulty in seeing the larvae or caterpil-lars later in the season. You may look for them about the mid-dle or latter part of May. They are black spiny creaturesdotted with white and have a row of red spots down the middleof the back. Take some of them home, feed them well and theywill, I think, tell you the rest of their story. Are you still looking for wild flowers? A spray of Shep-h