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 . Galeria ceicana This species, G-aleria cereana, is giay and purplish-l)rown incolor, and the larvre pupates among the honey-combs, where it hasconstructed its silken galleries. Tliis insect is doul)le (/?((inhiis (/irtunhl/d is satin wliite with a broad gohl band on thefore wings. The larva is wliitisli or gray, of a silky appearance andfeeds upon grass or clovei. This insect is sometimes very al)un
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 . Galeria ceicana This species, G-aleria cereana, is giay and purplish-l)rown incolor, and the larvre pupates among the honey-combs, where it hasconstructed its silken galleries. Tliis insect is doul)le (/?((inhiis (/irtunhl/d is satin wliite with a broad gohl band on thefore wings. The larva is wliitisli or gray, of a silky appearance andfeeds upon grass or clovei. This insect is sometimes very al)undant,and I have seen tlie wliole front of a lionse wliere a l)riglit light A\askept burning during the night so covered with tliis sj)ecies as to looksilvery white at a distance of a few feet. GEOMETRIDS. 49 GEOMETRIDJ^.. Loopers or Spnnners. The insects belonging to tins gronp are easily distinguished bytheir slim bodies and broad thin wings, which, when the insects areat rest, are spread out flat, scarcel} overlapping at the edges. Thecoloring is usually soft and delicate in tone, being often brown, gray-green or buff, crossed by darker wAxy lines. The antennse are oftenfeathery (pectinated) and the legs usually slim and long. The larvpe, from which the group derives the name of Creomet-ridce, or • earth measures, are readily distinguished from the larva3
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