. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Saturniidae upon the wings. Both species occur in Arizona, where they ^re not, however, nearly as common as they are in Mexico. Genus SAMIA Hubner hi this genus, composed of quite large moths, characterized, as are the moths of the two preceding and the next succeeding genera, by having the discal cells open, we find tiiat the spots on the middle of the wings are opaque, not hyaline, as in the genus Rotlischildia ; and, furthermore, the fore wings are more rounded and less pr
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Saturniidae upon the wings. Both species occur in Arizona, where they ^re not, however, nearly as common as they are in Mexico. Genus SAMIA Hubner hi this genus, composed of quite large moths, characterized, as are the moths of the two preceding and the next succeeding genera, by having the discal cells open, we find tiiat the spots on the middle of the wings are opaque, not hyaline, as in the genus Rotlischildia ; and, furthermore, the fore wings are more rounded and less produced than in that genus. (i) Samia cecropia Linnaeus, Plate Vill, Fig. i, ,^ ; Plate 1, Fig. 8, larva. (The Cecropia Moth.) This splendid moth, which is very common, is one of a small number of our native silk-moths, which attract more or less. Fig 37.—Cocoon ot Samia cecropia. (After Riley.) popular attention, and the spring of the year in our museums is always regarded as a period in which a certain portion of the time of the entomological staff will be consumed in replying to the letters of persons who, having for once opened their eyes to the wonders of the insect world, have sent in old matchboxes through the mails specimens of this insect, generally adding the information that the species is probably "new to science" or "excessively rare," they having for the first time in their lives noticed the moth. 1 he larva feeds upon a great variety of deciduous trees and shrubs, though manifesting a predilection for the Rosact'iT, willows, maples, and the lilac. The cocoon is a familiar object. The insect is found over the whole Atlantic seaboard, and ranges westward to the eastern margin of the great plains. 83. 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 Holland, W. J. (William Jac
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