. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA, 341 wings and sometimes a faint double bar at the end of the discal cell. The head is small; the antennae are pectinated broadly in both sexes; and the ocelli, palpi, and maxillae are wanting. The abdomen and thorax are densely clothed with woolly hair. The distinctive feature in the venation of the wings (Fig. 419) is the obvious presence of vein I on the hind wings. The usual food of the Silk-worm is the leaf of the mul- berry. Our native species, however, are not suitable. The species that are most used are the white mulberry {Morus
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA, 341 wings and sometimes a faint double bar at the end of the discal cell. The head is small; the antennae are pectinated broadly in both sexes; and the ocelli, palpi, and maxillae are wanting. The abdomen and thorax are densely clothed with woolly hair. The distinctive feature in the venation of the wings (Fig. 419) is the obvious presence of vein I on the hind wings. The usual food of the Silk-worm is the leaf of the mul- berry. Our native species, however, are not suitable. The species that are most used are the white mulberry {Morus alba), of which there are several varieties, and the black mul- berry {Morus ni- gra)] the former is the better. The leaves of osage orange {Madura aurantiaca) have also been used as silk-worm food to a considerable ex- tent. In case silk- worms hatch in the springbef ore either mulberry or osage- orange leaves can be obtained, they may be quite sue- ^^^- 419-—wings of Bombyx morl. cessfully fed, for a few days, upon lettuce-leaves. The newly-hatched larva is black or dark gray, and is covered with long stiff hairs, which spring from pale-colored tubercles. The hairs and tubercles are not noticeable after. VIII. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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