As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ covered with stiff hairs, while led and bluetubercles adoin its Portliesia cliiyson-hoea. Another importation from Europe which has also found a footholdin eastern Massachusetts, although not nearly so destructive as theGypsy moth, is the lirown-tail moth, Portliesia chrt/sorrhoea. Themoth is creamy white, with a Avhite body tipjud at the end of theabdomen with a tuft of l)rown hairs, fioni which the
As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ covered with stiff hairs, while led and bluetubercles adoin its Portliesia cliiyson-hoea. Another importation from Europe which has also found a footholdin eastern Massachusetts, although not nearly so destructive as theGypsy moth, is the lirown-tail moth, Portliesia chrt/sorrhoea. Themoth is creamy white, with a Avhite body tipjud at the end of theabdomen with a tuft of l)rown hairs, fioni which the insect derivesits commoii name. The larva is daik- brown or black, with reddishhairs covering the body except on the sides, where there is a row ofsmall tubercles from ^\hich spring Avhite liairs. There are severalsmall scin-let warts on the back. This insect is a good deal of a pestwhere abundant, as it devouis the leaves of several of our fruit andshade ti-ees and measures ma}* have to be taken to prevent its increaseand spread. 118 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. A number of the following stout-bodied, luiiiy moths belong tothe family Natodonta. Some of them resemble tlie Noctuids, bothin the })U[)a and perfect state, and may easily be mistaken for
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