Report of the Commissioners . k of interrogation in Greek), or a comma, according to the variety. Theyfly about late in the autumn, as well as in the summer. A DEADLY PARASITE. They are very subject to the attacks of a parasite, a small ichneumon which laysits eggs in the caterpillar, and the grub hatched from these feeds upon the fatty portionsof the caterpillar as long as it lives. After the caterpillar is transformed into a chrysa-lis and suspended in the usual manner, the grub completes its work of eating it up, andfinally makes a hole through the shell of the chrysalis, coming out a littl
Report of the Commissioners . k of interrogation in Greek), or a comma, according to the variety. Theyfly about late in the autumn, as well as in the summer. A DEADLY PARASITE. They are very subject to the attacks of a parasite, a small ichneumon which laysits eggs in the caterpillar, and the grub hatched from these feeds upon the fatty portionsof the caterpillar as long as it lives. After the caterpillar is transformed into a chrysa-lis and suspended in the usual manner, the grub completes its work of eating it up, andfinally makes a hole through the shell of the chrysalis, coming out a little black are so common that, as a rule, the chrysalids that one gathers produce ichneumonsrather than butterflies. Though these butterflies lay a large number of e^^gs, they arenever liable to be a serious pest, on account of the checks imposed by these ichneumons. —Thecla huminli. Another very pretty little butterfly and small caterpillar, the Thecla humuli feedsupon the hop to a limited extent. —Plusia Fg. 34. A moth, known as the Plusia halluca (Fig. 34), feeds upon the hop, but is not commonenough to be destructive. The wings are of a brilliant metallic green colour, and theinsect is a very beautiful one. A STINGING moth is the lo Emperor moi\\ {Hyperchiria varia). This caterpillar has won
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