. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Pyralidae VIII. There are represented in our fauna over sixty genera and more than two hundred species. We can give our readers merely a glimpse into this corner of the field, but trust that what they shall see may impel them to undertake for themselves the pleasant task of diligent exploration, assuring them that they will find here a world of wonders with which to deal. Genus ACROBASIS Zeller (i) Acrobasis betulella Hulst, Plate XLVIII, Fig. i 5, ? . This is a common specie
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Pyralidae VIII. There are represented in our fauna over sixty genera and more than two hundred species. We can give our readers merely a glimpse into this corner of the field, but trust that what they shall see may impel them to undertake for themselves the pleasant task of diligent exploration, assuring them that they will find here a world of wonders with which to deal. Genus ACROBASIS Zeller (i) Acrobasis betulella Hulst, Plate XLVIII, Fig. i 5, ? . This is a common species, ranging from New England to Colorado. There are nearly a dozen other species of the genus known to occur in our fauna, and no doubt many more which have not vet been discovered and described. Genus MINEOLA Hulst (i) Mineola juglandis Le Baron. (The Walnut Case-bearer.) This little moth lives in its larval stage upon the leaves of the hickory and walnut. It has the habit of drawing together two ofthe opposite leaves attached to the long peti- ole, and between them it builds a case, which is quite straight and is com- posed of silk, attached to which is excrementitious matter, which is neatly and closely applied to the whole. In this case the larva lives until the cooler airs of autumn warn it to leave the petiole of the compound leaf, which will fall ently, and it then anchors its little case to the twig near by, and in a half-grown state prepares for the cold winds and icy tem- perature of winter. When again spring sends the sap up the branches, and the leaves begin to unfold, it cuts the bands of silk which held the case in place, and completing its development 408. Fk-. 227.—M. juglandis. a, case woven between leaves; b, case; <-, e, wing oi A/, indi- geui'lla and variety; d, wing of I\[. juglandis. (After Riley.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearan
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