. The American entomologist. Entomology. 272 THE AMERICAN only, show mostly tlie yellow, and are not annulated. Oirthe posterior legs are two pairs of short spurs, the lower the niiprr ilirtrrinir in IrnL'tli h\ nne-fourth. ^Vliite ^ llir rvs, ol,-.,-urrlv :il".vc. 'J'jie V' .lillri-^ IVniii thr Ir ill :i hii-rr |,)-,.portion of i-hl lioth. on tlie inlerior >url:irr, Uiu lju^;il li:iil "I tlir Iringe is ashy white, then nearly blaek, and barely tii>ped with yellowish white. The $ antenna; show anuulations. This Hesperian agrees in some striliing points wi
. The American entomologist. Entomology. 272 THE AMERICAN only, show mostly tlie yellow, and are not annulated. Oirthe posterior legs are two pairs of short spurs, the lower the niiprr ilirtrrinir in IrnL'tli h\ nne-fourth. ^Vliite ^ llir rvs, ol,-.,-urrlv :il".vc. 'J'jie V' .lillri-^ IVniii thr Ir ill :i hii-rr |,)-,.portion of i-hl lioth. on tlie inlerior >url:irr, Uiu lju^;il li:iil "I tlir Iringe is ashy white, then nearly blaek, and barely tii>ped with yellowish white. The $ antenna; show anuulations. This Hesperian agrees in some striliing points with //. alternata, Gr. and Rob. (Georgia) Trans. Am. Eiit. Soc, Vol. I, page 3, but has marlicd difl'orcnccs. TI. W. Parker. Gkinnell, Iowa, .Jnne'23. iJSTll, INSECTS TO THE 10. Tlie Common Yellow {Spi'losoma virginica, Fabr.) [Fig. Colo -(a) 1 ollo' )\\lHtC, l)hi(k and oiange This is one of ovir most common North Ameri- can iusoets. The moth (Fig. 170, c) which is vny ucneially dnbbcd " the Miller," frequently liics into our rooms at nijiht; and there are quite a nniiibor of our AVrstcrn ranucrs who. souicIkiw or other, liavc got (lir idea tliiil llii- ??Miller" is the that inl'csis (heir bcc-hivcs—tliat it is. in short, the Bee-moth. Of course no such ridi- culous idea could for a moment prevail among tlie readers of the Entomologist; but, unfor- tunately, there are yet many good souls in the country who think they know all about Bugs, and who would scout the idea of taking a journal devoted primarily to the history and habits of these little beings. Though the moth is so common, how low persons ever think of it as the parent of that most troublesome of caterpillars, which Harris has so aptly termed the Yellow Bear (Fig. 170,a). Tliese caterpillars arc quite frequently found on the Grape-vine, and when about one-fourth grown bear a considerable resemblance to the mature larva of the Grape-vine Plume figured in our last
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