MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



a setting that could not have been surpassed in harmony, 

 and it had the added attraction of bemg appro- 

 priate. 



His slender, trim legs seemed to have three long joints, 

 and two short in the feet. In his sidewise position 

 toward the lens, the abdomen showed silver-white be- 

 neath, silvery gray on the sides, and large patches of 

 orange surrounded by black, with touches of white on 

 top. His wings were folded together on his back as they 

 drooped, showing only the under sides, and on these the 

 markings were more clearly defined than on top. In 

 the sunlight the fore pair were a warm tan gray, exquis- 

 itely lined and shaded. They were a little more than 

 half covered by the back pair, that folded over them. 

 These were a darker gray, with tan and almost black 

 shadings, and crossed by sharply zig-zagging Hues of 

 black. The gray legs were banded by lines of white. 

 The first pair clung to the stamens of the rose, the second 

 to the petals, and the third stretched out and rested on 

 a leaf. 



There were beautiful markings of very dark colour and 

 white on the thorax, head, shoulders, and back wings 

 next the body. The big eyes, quite the largest of any 

 moth I remember, reminded me of owl eyes in the light. 

 The antennae, dark, gray -brown on top, and white on the 

 under side, turned back and drooped beside the costa, 

 no doubt in the position they occupied in the pupa case. 



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