. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA, 339 as the preceding, and resembles it somewhat. It lacks, however, the line of scales in the discal cell, and the body is more nearly yellow. This color probably suggested the name Bumblebee Hawk-moth, givtw to this insect nearly one hundred years ago by Smith and Abbot. The larva feeds on the bush honeysuckle {Diervilld) and the snow- berry {Symphoricarpus). Superfamily Saturniina (Sa-tur-ni-i'na). The Saturnians {Sa-tur'ni-ans), The group of families constituting the superfamily Sa- turniina includes the largest of our native moths;
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. LEPIDOPTERA, 339 as the preceding, and resembles it somewhat. It lacks, however, the line of scales in the discal cell, and the body is more nearly yellow. This color probably suggested the name Bumblebee Hawk-moth, givtw to this insect nearly one hundred years ago by Smith and Abbot. The larva feeds on the bush honeysuckle {Diervilld) and the snow- berry {Symphoricarpus). Superfamily Saturniina (Sa-tur-ni-i'na). The Saturnians {Sa-tur'ni-ans), The group of families constituting the superfamily Sa- turniina includes the largest of our native moths; in fact nearly all of our very large moths belong to it; but it also includes a considerable number of species of moderate size. These moths are most easily distinguished from other moths by the structure of the wings (Fig. 417). Here, as with the Skip- pers and the Butterflies, the frenulum is lost (or nearly so in the low- est family), and its place is taken by a greatly ex- panded humeral angle of the hind wing, which, projecting under the fore wing, insures the acting together of the two in flight without the aid of a frenulum. This losing of the frenulum is also characteristic of the Lasiocampidae. But the Saturnians differ from this family in that vein Vj arises midway between radius and cubitus, or is. Fig. 417.—Wings of Citheronia 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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