. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Insect Study. 733 but make the cocoon within the leaf and drop to the ground when the leaf falls. THE CYNTHIA (Philosantia cyntJiia) This beautiful moth is an Asiastic species; it is very large and olive green in color with lavender tints and white markings; there are white tufts of hairs on the abdomen. It builds its cocoon like the promethea fastening the petiole to the twig. It lives upon the ailanthus tree, and is found in our State only in the re- g
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Insect Study. 733 but make the cocoon within the leaf and drop to the ground when the leaf falls. THE CYNTHIA (Philosantia cyntJiia) This beautiful moth is an Asiastic species; it is very large and olive green in color with lavender tints and white markings; there are white tufts of hairs on the abdomen. It builds its cocoon like the promethea fastening the petiole to the twig. It lives upon the ailanthus tree, and is found in our State only in the re- gion about New York City, where the ailanthus has been introduced as a shade tree. THE POLYPHEMUS (Tclca .polyphemus) This large, yellowish-brown moth is the one of all our species of American silk-worms which would be used for the production of silk if we were deprived of the product of the Chinese species. Its silk is strong and smooth, very lustrous, and extremely durable. Each cocoon gives about eight hundred feet of unbroken silk. Food plants.— Oak, elm, maple, chestnut, walnut, beech, birch, apple, pear, wild cherry and many Polyphemus eggs, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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