. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. 132 MOTHS AND BUTTEKFLIES. tan coloi'tMl hairs, and it lias an intL'nii[)t(_'(l stiipe of l)rowu on citlier side and a hrown band between eacli of tlie segments. The insect passes tlie winter in its hairy eocoon, and in the foHowing June appears as a Larva of Cycnia egel. On the HiilkAveed may often be seen nnm1)ers of little eateri)illars covered with tufts of black, \
. As nature shows them : moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains : with over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life. Lepidoptera; Nature prints. 132 MOTHS AND BUTTEKFLIES. tan coloi'tMl hairs, and it lias an intL'nii[)t(_'(l stiipe of l)rowu on citlier side and a hrown band between eacli of tlie segments. The insect passes tlie winter in its hairy eocoon, and in the foHowing June appears as a Larva of Cycnia egel. On the HiilkAveed may often be seen nnm1)ers of little eateri)illars covered with tufts of black, \\hit(' and orange hairs. These are the harlecpiin cater])illai's, and are tlu' lai\;r of a })lain little blue-gray moth, Cycni<i ''//<'/, whit'h makes its appearance the latter part of June, after having passed the winter in the })U[)a state in its oval hairy cocoon. The alxlomen of the moth is 3'ellow above, with a row of black dots down the back, resembling the Aretians. Ufethema hdhi is a very l)eautiful moth, and is widely distributed over this country. Its hal)its are similar to a following species, the soldier moth, and it is often found in low grassy districts in con- siderable numbers, taking to wing readily when disturbed. When handled it exudes an oily substance with a peculiar odor,'and remains perfectly still, as if dead, soon, liowever, taking wing if not further molested. These liabits, combined with a probably very Intter taste, liave doubtless })reserved this gayly colored little creature froiu ex- tinction. The larva is one and a half inches long, and is yellow and wliite in color sprinkled with black dots. Jt feeds on herbaceous lowland plants. The anchor moth, VaUunorpltii inffiTupfo nnin/iiiaf'U is a ralher rare moth, and is about the same size and marked with brown similar to the soldier moth, except that it is yellowish wdiere the other species is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitall
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