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 . ^ grown, and is green in color with black stripes and black andyellow spots. The moth, which is very plain, expands an inch and ahalf, and is brownish-gray, the fore wings being crossed by faintwavy lines of a darker color. This insect is found mostly in thecotton-growing States, but has been taken in the North, where itsoccurrence is said to be from southern migi-ation. The army worm has a wider distribution
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 . ^ grown, and is green in color with black stripes and black andyellow spots. The moth, which is very plain, expands an inch and ahalf, and is brownish-gray, the fore wings being crossed by faintwavy lines of a darker color. This insect is found mostly in thecotton-growing States, but has been taken in the North, where itsoccurrence is said to be from southern migi-ation. The army worm has a wider distribution than the cotton worm,being found over the whole of the eastern half of the country as wellas in Europe and Australia. The moth is plain in color, beingyellowish-gray and brown with a white dot in the centre of each forewing. These caterpillars feed on grasses, and are sometimes so. Larva of Helloi abundant as to devour almost every vegetal)le growth within theirreach. At such times they commence their march for pasturesnew, and are often seen in great numbers and all marching in onedirection, which gives them their common name. Tlie cater2)illar isstriped with dark gray or dark brown on a greenish-yellow or gray-ish-yellow ground, and is an inch and a half long when fully pupa state is passed in the ground. A genus of Noctnidce having many American representatives,among which are some very beautiful species, is Phisia. The forewings rather pointed, usually of different shades of brown, are fre-quently ornamented with a silvery or golden comma-shaped spot (insome species several spots and patches), wliile the thorax and upperI)art of the abdomen is adorned with tufts of hair-like scales. Thelarvse, generally greenish in color, sometimes striped, are some ofthem injurious to garden vegetables, and spin their thin cocoons,through whicli the pup?e can be s
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