Clje Canadian Entomologist. 



VOL. XIV. 



LONDON, ONT., MARCH, 1882. 



No. 3 



ENTOMOLOGY FOR BEGINNERS. 



THE POLYPHEMUS MOTH—Telea Polyphemus. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



The caterpillar of this insect is also known as the American Silk 

 Worm, in consequence of its having been extensively reared for the sake 

 of its silk. When full grown the larva presents the appearance shown in 



Fig. 4. 



figure 4, is over three inches in length, with a very thick body. It is of a 

 handsome light yellowish-green color, with seven oblique pale yellowish 

 lines on each side of the body ; the segments, which have the spaces 

 between them deeply indented, are each adorned with six tubercles, which 

 are sometimes tinted with orange and have a small silvery spot on the 

 middle, and from each one of which arise a few hairs. The head and 

 anterior feet are pale brown, the spiracles pale orange, and the terminal 



