. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Caterpillar of the cecropia moth. the hinder margins clay-colored, a kidney-shaped dull-red spot with a white centre and a narrow black edging is near the middle of each wing, and beyond the spot is a wavy dull-red band, bordered internally with white. The primaries near the base are dull red, and near the tip is an eye-like black spot within a bluish-white crescent. Several other species occur, all more or less resembling in general appearance the cecropia, and spin- n
. Economic entomology for the farmer and the fruit grower, and for use as a text-book in agricultural schools and colleges; . Caterpillar of the cecropia moth. the hinder margins clay-colored, a kidney-shaped dull-red spot with a white centre and a narrow black edging is near the middle of each wing, and beyond the spot is a wavy dull-red band, bordered internally with white. The primaries near the base are dull red, and near the tip is an eye-like black spot within a bluish-white crescent. Several other species occur, all more or less resembling in general appearance the cecropia, and spin- ning much the same kind of cocoon. Of a somewhat dififerent type is the polyphemus, Telea poly- phemtis, which has a green caterpillar without prominent tuber- cles, but with little, black, wart-like processes, giving rise to small, stiff bristles. This feeds upon oak and a variety of other trees, but is rarely abundant, and when forming its cocoon spins up in a leaf which later drops to the ground. This cocoon is o'a) in shape and completely closed, differing from that of cecropia and its nearest allies, in which it is open at one end.
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