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 . - two inclies long, covered. Phragniatobia rubricosa. with long dark brown hairs on the back and lighter liaii-s on thesides. The spiricles along the sides are white, and the skin of thecaterpillar is ^ellowisli. In the fall the caterpillar conceals itself 128 MOTHS AND aniono- tlie lower ^-rass stems or iiiuler stones, and there makes itshairy brown coeooii, in which it passes the winter in a c
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 . - two inclies long, covered. Phragniatobia rubricosa. with long dark brown hairs on the back and lighter liaii-s on thesides. The spiricles along the sides are white, and the skin of thecaterpillar is ^ellowisli. In the fall the caterpillar conceals itself 128 MOTHS AND aniono- tlie lower ^-rass stems or iiiuler stones, and there makes itshairy brown coeooii, in which it passes the winter in a cluysalis state. A pleasingly-tinted little motii is Phraf/inafohia rnhric^((. Thenpper wings and tliorax are piidcish-brown, the lower wings leddisli-pink witli brown maigins, a,nd tin abdomen is red witli a row ofsmall brown dots on eitiier side, with anotlier row down the l» wings wva so thiidy elothed with scales as to be almost tiuns-})arent. The larva, is unknown to nie. An insect well known to almost every one is the brown and l)lackhairy caterpillai- covered with stiff short bristles all al)ont the
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