. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 162 ARTHROPODS : INSECTS. coons. Some of these Moths are small, and others are the largest of the Lepidoptera. One of the most elegant kinds is the Beautiful Dei- opeia. Its fore wings are yellow, crossed by white. Fig. 276. — Beautiful Deiopeia. bands, on each of which is a row of black dots, and the hind wings are scarlet with an irregular black border. The Salt-marsh Moth expands about two inches ; the fore wings are white, hind wings and hind body yellow; "^fi^ Ji^i^iMtiiiiJ^A-4liikt^^i^M Fig. 277. — Larva of Salt-marsh Moth. Fig. 278.— Pupa of
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 162 ARTHROPODS : INSECTS. coons. Some of these Moths are small, and others are the largest of the Lepidoptera. One of the most elegant kinds is the Beautiful Dei- opeia. Its fore wings are yellow, crossed by white. Fig. 276. — Beautiful Deiopeia. bands, on each of which is a row of black dots, and the hind wings are scarlet with an irregular black border. The Salt-marsh Moth expands about two inches ; the fore wings are white, hind wings and hind body yellow; "^fi^ Ji^i^iMtiiiiJ^A-4liikt^^i^M Fig. 277. — Larva of Salt-marsh Moth. Fig. 278.— Pupa of Salt-marsh Moth. Fig. 279.— Salt-marsh Moth. the wings are spotted with black, and the hind body has a row of black spots above, a row below, and two rows on each side. The female has all the wings white, or all light gray, with the black spots. The Common Silkworm is celebrated as the Insect which produces the greater part of all the silk used in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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