Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 193 and with quite transparent wings, while the females are much larger, having fore-wings of a blackish brown and entirely covered with scales, and a black abdomen with a broad orange band about the middle. Other injurious species of clearwings, smaller and more wasplike than the peach-borer, are the currant-borer (Sesia tipnliforinis\ the raspberry root-borer (Bembecia marginata], and the well-known squash-vine borer (Melittia ccto) whose whitish larvae bore through the vines of squash and other cucurbits
Elementary entomology . elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS 193 and with quite transparent wings, while the females are much larger, having fore-wings of a blackish brown and entirely covered with scales, and a black abdomen with a broad orange band about the middle. Other injurious species of clearwings, smaller and more wasplike than the peach-borer, are the currant-borer (Sesia tipnliforinis\ the raspberry root-borer (Bembecia marginata], and the well-known squash-vine borer (Melittia ccto) whose whitish larvae bore through the vines of squash and other cucurbits, often ruining the crops. Not all clear-winged moths belong to this family, FIG. 301. The squash-borer (Melittia satyriniformis Ilbn.)- (Enlarged one third) a, male moth; &, female with wings closed ; c, eggs on squash stem ; </, larva; c, pupa ; /, cocoon for a few of the sphinx moths (which, however, are much larger) and one or two other families have species with wings almost wholly free from scales. J The prominents (Notodontidae) are dull-colored, medium-sized moths, with a wing expanse of from one and one fourth to two inches, many of whose larvae bear strong humps or prominences which may have given rise to the common name of the family. The moths quite closely resemble the owlet moths, from which they can be distinguished only by an examination of the wing venation. The handmaid moths are of a reddish-brown color, with the fore- wings crossed with several darker brown lines, whose larvae have the peculiar habit of raising the head and tail and standing quite
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