. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Fig. 190. —M. disstria. a, egg mass; b, moth ; c, egg viewed from top ; d, eggs viewed from side; c, d, magnified. (After Riley.) Lasiocampidae Rosacece, although they also at times feed upon other trees. The hickories of various species and the walnuts are not exempt from their ravages. The writer has never observed them feeding upon oaks, birch, or beeches. An ex- cellent account of the hab- its of these creatures may be found in Riley's Mis- souri Reports, Number III, from
. The butterfly book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the butterflies of North America. Butterflies -- North America. Fig. 190. —M. disstria. a, egg mass; b, moth ; c, egg viewed from top ; d, eggs viewed from side; c, d, magnified. (After Riley.) Lasiocampidae Rosacece, although they also at times feed upon other trees. The hickories of various species and the walnuts are not exempt from their ravages. The writer has never observed them feeding upon oaks, birch, or beeches. An ex- cellent account of the hab- its of these creatures may be found in Riley's Mis- souri Reports, Number III, from which the illustra- tions here given have been taken. The means of holding the insects in check are the same which have been recommended in the case of M. americana. Genus HETEROPACHA Harvey (i) Heteropacha rileyana Harvey, Plate VllI, Fig. 7 ?. The moth is not uncommon in the Valley of the Mississippi, ranging from western Pennsylvania to Kansas and Missouri, and southward into Texas. Genus EPICNAPTERA Rambur (i) Epicnaptera americana Harris, Plate XLl, Fig. 19, 5, Fig. 20, ?. Syn. occidentis Walker; carpinifolia Boisduval. There are a number of color forms of this insect which have received names, and which appear to be local races of some mea- sure of stability in the regions where they occur. We have given in our plate the form which is common in the Mississippi Valley. The specimens figured were bred from larvae reared by Mr. Tallant at Columbus, Ohio. " The Baron was an entomologist. Both the Fontenettes thought we should be fascinated with the beauty of some of his cases of moths and ; G. W. Cablr 314. 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 Jacob), 1848-1932. Garden City, N. Y. , Doubleday, Page & Co.
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