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Show I DAU-WOrtMS IN CUbA, Jnrr lltob. Thai trrr Alml wllh Thorn a Kllkan Hr, Thero Is n certain apoleo of caterpillar cater-pillar that not only lit in the outside of Its home with tnlga and small bits of ood, but also ha the power ol taking Its shelter with It whenever II decides to move It Is n habit peculiar to tho bag-worm or housebulldet moth, a caterpillar found In certain parts of Cuba Tho bag-worm flril weaves for Its use a silken sac It then collects all kinds of splinters nnd tiny wood fragment, which are fastens I In some way lo the outside of the aao Til oro It makes Ita home until fully matured nt which period It enters tin mc entirely and Is hanged to n Brut of pupa Here the female (n grub llkt creature without wings) lays her eggs, remaining Insldo till death Tho mils I'UpB, liottcMT, has n better future, for In n short while It works Ita v,y out from the lower end of tho sac, and then by some proce similar to that of Iho butterfly, la changed to n beautiful beauti-ful moth, with hrlRhtly colored wings, having white stripes arross Its back. This, of course, ends Us career ns a bag-worm It Is before It Is grown that tho big-worm lite In It portnblo home, and hna the Imlilt of moving from plnro to plnre This la donn by stretching forth the body, getting n foothold nnd crawling nlong with tho enc dangling behind This would seem awkwnrd, nnd Indeed the big-norm presents n peculiar nppearnnco crnwl Ing from limb to limb, and almost pulled off by Its lotd of wood In this way, though, It Is not only sum of a home, but tho cntranrn Is so constructed con-structed Hint tho sides can bo pulled together, thus affording protection In tlmo of attack It seems atrnngo though. Hint when tho bag-worm It almost grown the sic hangs down from the body, whert young, I ctrrled In s straight lino with It. There cntcrpll. lars nro naturally a source of much wonder to tho natives of Cubi, who nro superstitious regnrdlng n worm which litters Ita homo with so much ood, and this In n country where flro for the sako of warmth Is not ft necessity. neces-sity. Tho old Spanish legend has It that bag-norms aro tho Incarnations of kindling-wood thieves who now, after death, must enrry on their backs their load of plunder, thus ntonlng for thelt thefts until they becomo moths. In dlannpolls News |