. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. Colours—White, Black and Yellow. ofshowinn; how tlie Ion"; fleshy horns with which the mature caterpillar is furnished ara conveniently coiled up while lying buried beneath the old skin. The full grown larva (Fig. 40) ii about one and three quarter inches long. Its head is yellowish, with a triangular black stripe in front below, and another of a similar shape above. The upper surface of the body is beautifully ornamented wUh transverse stripes of black, yellow and white, the white covering th
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. Colours—White, Black and Yellow. ofshowinn; how tlie Ion"; fleshy horns with which the mature caterpillar is furnished ara conveniently coiled up while lying buried beneath the old skin. The full grown larva (Fig. 40) ii about one and three quarter inches long. Its head is yellowish, with a triangular black stripe in front below, and another of a similar shape above. The upper surface of the body is beautifully ornamented wUh transverse stripes of black, yellow and white, the white covering the greater part of each segment, and having a wide black stripe down the centre, while the yel- low occupies the spaces between. On the third segment (reckoning the head as first) are two long black fleshy horns, and on the twelfth two others of a similar character, but shorter, and not quite so stout. The underside is black, with a greenish flesh-colour between most of the .segments. The next change wh ch comes over this caterpillar is that which transforms it to a pupa or cTirysalis, a most astonishing transformation, when the voracious larva becomes for a time torpid, senseless, and almost motionless, while preparing for that change when it is to appear in brilliant plumage and gracefully float and flutter through the air, enjoying the summer's sunshine and sipping the nectar of flowers. Kirby in his "Introduction to Entomology" says, "were a naturalist to announce to the world the discovery of an animul which for the first five years of its life existed in the form of a serpent, which then penetrating into the earth and weaving a shroud of pure silk of the finest texture, contracted itself within this covering into a body without external mouth or limbs, and resembling more than anything else an Egyptian mummy; and which, lastly, after remaining in tliis state without food and without moti n for three years longer, should at the end of that period burst its
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