. The American entomologist. Entomology. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY, 1870. NO. 4. ?PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY It. F. STXJI3X,E~5r <Sb CO., 104 OLIVE STKEET, ST, LOTTIS. TE RMS Two dollars per i CHARLES V. RILEY. Editor. THE CECKOPIA MOTH. (Aftacus Ceeropia, Linn.) We cannot recall a single insect which has been so often sent to us for determination as the Horned-caterpillar, which forms the frontis- piece to our first volume. The ground-color of the wings is a grizzled dusky brown with the hinder margins clay-yellow; near the middle of each of the wings there is an opaque kidney- shaped white spot,
. The American entomologist. Entomology. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEBRUARY, 1870. NO. 4. ?PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY It. F. STXJI3X,E~5r <Sb CO., 104 OLIVE STKEET, ST, LOTTIS. TE RMS Two dollars per i CHARLES V. RILEY. Editor. THE CECKOPIA MOTH. (Aftacus Ceeropia, Linn.) We cannot recall a single insect which has been so often sent to us for determination as the Horned-caterpillar, which forms the frontis- piece to our first volume. The ground-color of the wings is a grizzled dusky brown with the hinder margins clay-yellow; near the middle of each of the wings there is an opaque kidney- shaped white spot, shaded more or less on the outside with dull red, and edged with black; a wavy dull red band edged inside with white, crosses each of the wings, and the front wings next to the shoulders are dull red with a curved white and black band, and have near their tips an eye-like black spot with a bluish-white cres- cent; the upper side of the body and legs are dull red; the forepart of the thorax, and the hinder edges of the rings of the abdomen are white, and the belly is checkered with red and white. There is considerable variation in the iO.]. Coloi-s,—Gri?zley-. 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 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. New York : Max Jaegerhuber
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