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The Moths and Butterflies 



are fo und in North America, include a few strikingly patterned moths not at 

 all uncommon. The moth known as the eight-spotted forester, Alypia octo- 

 maculata (PL VIII, Fig. 5; also Fig. 590), is common in the Atlantic states; 



FlG. 590. Three eight-spotted forest-moths, Alypia 8-maculata, and one beautiful wood- 

 nymph, Eudryas grata (the lowest). (After Lugger; natural size.) 



it expands about i \ inches, has deep blue-black wings ^ with two large sub- 

 circular whitish-yellow spots on each wing, the spot nearest the base on 

 the hind wing being much larger than the outer one. The patagia (shoulder- 

 lappets) are often yellow and the legs marked with orange. The larvae, 



