. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. ful : hsnce it is difficult to capture, and even wbea takea will often flutter with such foroe as to S'jriousl)- damige the covering and structure of its beautiful wings. When its wings are fully spreail they measure from three to three-auda-half inches across, (see Fig. 27. after Riley;. The ground colour is a rich greenish olive. On the fore wings there is a palebmd about the middle, extending from near the base to the tip, and along the outer m.'irgin runs another bind ne:irl_v equal in widt
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. ful : hsnce it is difficult to capture, and even wbea takea will often flutter with such foroe as to S'jriousl)- damige the covering and structure of its beautiful wings. When its wings are fully spreail they measure from three to three-auda-half inches across, (see Fig. 27. after Riley;. The ground colour is a rich greenish olive. On the fore wings there is a palebmd about the middle, extending from near the base to the tip, and along the outer m.'irgin runs another bind ne:irl_v equal in width, but darker and less distinct ; the veins also are lined with white. The hind wings which are small, are nearly covered by a wide central ro-!y bind, bjcoming paler as it the body, the hinder edge is fringed with white. On the anterior portion of the body there are six longitudinal stripes or lines, while the bind- er part is alternately spotted with white and black. The entire under surface is much paler and duller in colour than the upper. ' ' "The larva," Mr. Riley says, " feeds upon purslane, turnip, buckwheat, water melon, atid even apple and grape leaves, upon any of which it may be found in the month of July. It into the ground, and within a smooth cavity, changiS into a light brown chrysalis, from which the moth emerges during the month of ; •• The most coiimon form of the larva is that given at Fig. 28. Its colour is yellowish gi-een, with a prominent subdorsal row of elliptical spots, each spot consi-sting of two curved Fig. black lines, enclosing superiorly a bright crimson space, and inferiorly a pale yellow line— the whole row of spots connected by a pale yellow stripe, edged above with black. In some specimens these eyelike spots are disconnected, and the space b-jtween the black cre,scents is of a uniform cream colour. The breathing holes are either surrounded with black or with black edged with ye
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