LEP1DOPTERA. 



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stripes, and flesh-colored below. When full grown they 

 descend to the ground to transform, and pass the winter in 

 the pupa state. 



The Diverse-line Moth, Eustroma diverst/meata(Eus-tro'- 

 ma di-ver-si-lin-e-a'ta). This moth has pale ochre-yellow 

 wings, with a brownish shade near the outer margin, and 

 crossed by many diverging brown lines (Fig. 338). It varies 

 from one inch and a half to two inches in expanse. We 

 have often found this moth on the side of our room, 

 resting on the wall, head downward, and with its abdomen 

 hanging down over its head in a curious manner. The larva 

 feeds on the leaves of grape. There are two broods ; the 

 first brood infests the vines during June; the second, in the 

 autumn and early spring, wintering as larvae. 



FIG. 338. Eustroma diver silineata. 



FIG. 339. Euiinle mcndica. 



The Beggar, Endnle inendica (Eu-du'le men-di'ca). One 

 of the most delicate winged moths that we have in the 

 Northern Atlantic States is this species (Fig. 339). Although 

 the wings are yellowish white in color they are almost trans- 

 parent. On the fore wings there are two transverse rows of 

 pale gray spots, and a single spot near the outer margin be- 

 tween veins V 3 and VII,. (This spot was indistinct in the 

 specimen figured.) The moth is common in midsummer. 



We do not know what fancy led the naturalist that de- 

 scribed this species to name it mendica. But it seems ap- 

 propriate now to call it a mendicant ; for during the thirty 

 years that have elapsed since the species was described it 

 has not been allowed a position in its own family, but has 

 been catalogued in the Lithosiidae, although it was shown 

 to be a Geometrid long ago. 



