. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. Closely allied to the moths just described is another group of species with broad wings, of which the Two-lined Parallelia, Parallelia bistriaris (Par-al-lel'i-a bi-stri^a-ris) is a good example. This moth (Fig. 355) is brown- ish in color, and has the fore Yio. 3^s—Po,raiuiia bistriaris. ^yjj^gs crosscd by two parallel lines. The larva feeds on the leaves of maole. The most striking in appearance of the Noctuids, if we except the Black Witch and one or two allied species, are the moths belonging to the genus Catocala (Ca-toc^a-la). These moths are
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. Closely allied to the moths just described is another group of species with broad wings, of which the Two-lined Parallelia, Parallelia bistriaris (Par-al-lel'i-a bi-stri^a-ris) is a good example. This moth (Fig. 355) is brown- ish in color, and has the fore Yio. 3^s—Po,raiuiia bistriaris. ^yjj^gs crosscd by two parallel lines. The larva feeds on the leaves of maole. The most striking in appearance of the Noctuids, if we except the Black Witch and one or two allied species, are the moths belonging to the genus Catocala (Ca-toc^a-la). These moths are of large size, often expanding three inches or more. The fore wings are usually brown or gray, marked with wavy or zigzag lines. The ground-color of the hind wings is black; but in many species these wings are con- spicuously banded with red, yellow, or white. This pecu- liarity has suggested the name Underwings by which these. Fig. 356.—Catocala ilia. insects are commonly known in England. The genus is a very large one ; about eighty species are now known from this country; and many of these are extremely variable, so that about twice that number of named forms are now recognized. The Ilia Underwing, Catocala ilia (C. il^i-a), will serve as an example (Fig. 356). The larvae of the. 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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