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 . developed insects being light gray and lirownwith lioht lower wings. Zereiie catenaria. Zerene catenaria, beautifully white, with ])Iaek markings anddots, is not uncommon in our fields and among lovy shrubs inSeptember and October. It is feeble in flight, and is often quitelocal. In expanse it will measure about one and a half have never seen the larvse, but have found the thin, transparentcocoons at


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 . developed insects being light gray and lirownwith lioht lower wings. Zereiie catenaria. Zerene catenaria, beautifully white, with ])Iaek markings anddots, is not uncommon in our fields and among lovy shrubs inSeptember and October. It is feeble in flight, and is often quitelocal. In expanse it will measure about one and a half have never seen the larvse, but have found the thin, transparentcocoons attached to low shrubs, and have hatched the moths. 52 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. The larva of AinjJiichfsis co(/nataria feeds on tlie maple and cur-Iaiit, and, like the fiiU-Q-rown moth, is thiek-bodied for a geometrid. ^^ M^ ^ (^^ f Aiiiphidasis coguataiia. The inotli is dark gray, speckled and marked with black, and abouttwo inches in Kheumaptera hastata. Rlieumaptera hastata is a black-and-white moth, little more thanan inch in expanse, easily recognized from the other species of thisclass. It may be found in June along roads in the woods, whereit flies in the daytime, much like a butterfly. This insect is saidto be widely distributed, being found in Europe and Asia, as wellas America. The caterpillar, which is dark Ijrown, feeds on theleaves of the birch, where it lives in colonies.


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