. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Front view of chiynlja BUTTERFLY AND MOTH BOOK ^^T^''" y '"'^* ""'^^- ^«» «n« of them under- stood the «„ he offered to drive me to the place indicated. I gladly accepted, but within a hundred feet of the park down came a heavy shower, drenching us as well as the grass and trees. I thought of the hungry larvae, however, and, despite the wetness, I hunted for prickly ash, but to no purpose. We were obligeo to re-' t
. Butterfly and moth book [microform] : personal studies and observations of the more familiar species. Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons nocturnes; Moths. Front view of chiynlja BUTTERFLY AND MOTH BOOK ^^T^''" y '"'^* ""'^^- ^«» «n« of them under- stood the «„ he offered to drive me to the place indicated. I gladly accepted, but within a hundred feet of the park down came a heavy shower, drenching us as well as the grass and trees. I thought of the hungry larvae, however, and, despite the wetness, I hunted for prickly ash, but to no purpose. We were obligeo to re-' turn home empty-handed and over roads heavy with mud. The next day all of the Cresphontes save one died. It, the largest, and, I must say, the wisest, "fell to" after a deal of mincing, and literally gorged itself on orange leaves. Then like a well-fed snake, it went to sleep and gave TV * ..,"' *° opportunity to take its photograph. Thw caterpillar was startling in appearance. It had an ohve-green skin of varying shades, touched here and there with heliotrope and brown. Its thoracic segments were somewhat swollen and appeared to be the head of the insect, largely be- cause a light portion bordering these segments simufatid to perfection a big, cavernous mouth, while a pair of small, pierc- ing eye-spote located between the second and third segments strengthened the illusion. But when the insect crawled from u^r 7T ^''r^'" '* ^'"^' *^" "^^^ ^'^' "^"'^"y concealed under the sham "mouth," protruded, and there was a face be- neath a face. On July twenty-second this sensible Cresphontes grew quiet The next day itemptied its intestines and p^pai^ to plslto the pupa state. On the twenty-fourth I found the chrysalis! which seemed small compared with the size of the larva It was on this date that I received a second box of cater- pillars from my good friend in Vinton. Iowa, and with them 226. Please note that these imag
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