Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Fig. 87.—Pupa of Maenirocamixt rnarlhebia,fiid ol btidy of ,/. Fig. 88 — fif Macriimcamita marthi^gin, up.,spiracle; end of body of 9 ? Thecremaster bears two very stout, diverging si>ines, conical, corrugated on the surface; theyare unarmed, being siini>le, with no accessory spinules, except minute rudimentary ones on theinside. Length, 18 mm. Habits.—The caterpillar of this moth is one of the most interesting among the Ntjtodoutians,since it connects Cerura with the other genera, by reason of its two long caudal filaments, .somuch like
Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Fig. 87.—Pupa of Maenirocamixt rnarlhebia,fiid ol btidy of ,/. Fig. 88 — fif Macriimcamita marthi^gin, up.,spiracle; end of body of 9 ? Thecremaster bears two very stout, diverging si>ines, conical, corrugated on the surface; theyare unarmed, being siini>le, with no accessory spinules, except minute rudimentary ones on theinside. Length, 18 mm. Habits.—The caterpillar of this moth is one of the most interesting among the Ntjtodoutians,since it connects Cerura with the other genera, by reason of its two long caudal filaments, .somuch like those of Cerura. These appendages are simply modified aual legs, and seem to betactile and repellant organs. This caterpillar is also interesting from its power, when touched, offorcing out a ileiise cloud of flue sjjray from a gland in the under side of the prothoracic segmentnear the head. In certain favorable years this is an abundant caterpillar on the oaks in Providence, E. I. In Elaine I have noticed the caterpillar in its fou
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