Report of the Commissioners . Fig. In both the ground colour is creamy white, and the rest a rich brown are active only at night. During the day-time they rest on the grape vine foliage,andare often found with their wiugs clo-ed, sloping like the roof of a house, and their fore-ieo^s extended and tufted with large tufts of hair, presenting a very peculiar appearancefor a lepidopterous insect. In this way they rest, not unlike a patch of the droppings ofbirds, and seem to obtain that exemption from foes which is desirable for their preserva-tion. The V^irginia cr
Report of the Commissioners . Fig. In both the ground colour is creamy white, and the rest a rich brown are active only at night. During the day-time they rest on the grape vine foliage,andare often found with their wiugs clo-ed, sloping like the roof of a house, and their fore-ieo^s extended and tufted with large tufts of hair, presenting a very peculiar appearancefor a lepidopterous insect. In this way they rest, not unlike a patch of the droppings ofbirds, and seem to obtain that exemption from foes which is desirable for their preserva-tion. The V^irginia creeper is subject to their attacks as well as the grape vine, but theyrarely attack the Virginia creeper where grape vines are plentiful. [Mr. W. Saunde7s.~\ ^ 6 82 INSECTS AND INSECTIVOKOUS BIRDS. THK LARV^.
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