. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 266 THE STUDY OF INSECTS, ecrors are laid in a cluster on a leaf; the larvae are con- 't>fc> spicuous in August and September. In some of the species the larvae have the curious habit of leaving the branch upon which they are feeding when the time to molt arrives, the whole colony gathering in a large mass on the trunk of the tree, where the molt takes place. The pupa state is passed in the ground, in a very light cocoon or in none at all, and lasts about nine months in the species that we have bred. The White-tipped Moth, Edema albifroiis (E
. A manual for the study of insects. Insects. 266 THE STUDY OF INSECTS, ecrors are laid in a cluster on a leaf; the larvae are con- 't>fc> spicuous in August and September. In some of the species the larvae have the curious habit of leaving the branch upon which they are feeding when the time to molt arrives, the whole colony gathering in a large mass on the trunk of the tree, where the molt takes place. The pupa state is passed in the ground, in a very light cocoon or in none at all, and lasts about nine months in the species that we have bred. The White-tipped Moth, Edema albifroiis (E-de'ma arbi-frons).—This beautiful moth, which is quite common, can be easily recognized by the accompanying figure (Fig. 314); the white patch, which extends along the costa of the fore wing for half the length from the tip, being very char- acteristic. The larva (Fig. 315) is quite common in the autumn Fig. 2>^^'—Ede7na albifrons. on IcaVCS of Oak. It is SmOOth and shining, with no hairs; along each side of the back there is a yellow stripe, and betw^een these, on the back,, fine black lines on a pale lilac ground ; on each side below the yellow stripe there are three black lines, the lowest one just above the spiracles. The head is orange-red; and there is an orange-red hump on the eighth abdominal 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 Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. joint author. Ithaca, N. Y. , Comstock Pub. Co.
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