MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



of heliotrope; but from the curved Hue to the bases of 

 the back pair, the colouring was pure canary yellow. 



The top of the head was covered with long, silken 

 hairs of heliotrope, then a band of yellow; the upper 

 abdomen was strongly shaded with heliotrope almost to 

 the extreme tip. The lower sides of the wings were yellow 

 at the base, the spots showing through, but not the bands, 

 and only the faintest touches of the mottling. The 

 thorax and abdomen were yellow, and the legs heliotrope. 

 The antennffi were heliotrope, fine, threadlike, and closely 

 pressed to the head. The eyes were smaller than those 

 of Cecropia, and very close together. 



Compared with Cecropia these moths were very easy 

 to paint. Their markings were elaborate, but they could 

 be followed accurately, and the ground work of colour was 

 warm cowslip yellow. The only difficulty was to make the 

 almost threadlike antennae show, and to blend the faint 

 touches of heliotrope on the upper wings with the yellow. 

 The eggs on the floor and curtains were guarded with 

 care. They were dotted around promiscuously, and at 

 first were clear and of amber colour, but as the little cater- 

 pillars grew in them, they showed a red line three fourths 

 of the way around the rim, and became slightly depressed 

 in the middle. The young emerged in thirteen days. 

 They were nearly half an inch long, and were yellow 

 with black lines. They began the task of eating until 

 they reached the pupa state, by turning on their shells 



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