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 . ^ They spin no cocoons, but passthe winter in the pupa state under ground. The chrysalis is spinyon the abdominal segments, doubtless to enable it to push itself upto the surface when the moth is about to break the -galis. Miile. atheroma regalis is a large and strikingly marked insect, and isnot rare in the South and West, wliere the caterpillar feeds on theleaves of the walnut, hickory, butternut an
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 . ^ They spin no cocoons, but passthe winter in the pupa state under ground. The chrysalis is spinyon the abdominal segments, doubtless to enable it to push itself upto the surface when the moth is about to break the -galis. Miile. atheroma regalis is a large and strikingly marked insect, and isnot rare in the South and West, wliere the caterpillar feeds on theleaves of the walnut, hickory, butternut and persimmon. The sexesfrequently differ very much in size, although similarly marked. Agood-sized male will measure four inclies across its expanded wings,and a female six or more. I have a grand female specimen of thisinsect from Gainesville, Va., which is nearly seven inches across. BOMBYCIDS. 95 The body is reddish-orange, with yeUow spots and lines on the upper wings are olive streaked with broad reddish lines whielifollow tlie veins, and a number of large yellow spots are distributedover the wings as shown in the illustration. The lower wings arereddish-orange, with a few vague olive markings between the veins,a large spot and a defused band of yellow near the upper margin,which is usuall}^ covered with the up})er wings. I have taken thisfine moth about the electric lights in Washin
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