MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



species Citheronia sepulcralis, expands only a little over 

 three inches, is purple-brown with yellow spots; and is a 

 rare Atlantic Coast species having been found once in Mas- 

 sachusetts, oftener in Georgia, never west of Pennsylvania. 



This eliminates them as possible Limberlost species, 

 and leaves it certain that the moths here photographed, 

 painted and described, from eggs back to moth again, 

 with such full demonstration of life processes, as never 

 has been given by any one in the history of lepidoptera, 

 can be nothing save Regalis. Professor Rowley raised 

 this moth from the eggs I sent him. 



The trouble is this: Packard describes the fore-wings 

 as "olive," the hind as "olive, and green." Holland makes 

 no reference to colour, but on plate X, figure three, page 

 eighty-seven, he reproduces Regalis with fore-wings of 

 olive-green, the remainder of the colour as I describe and 

 paint, only lighter. In all the Regalis moths I have 

 handled, raised, studied minutely, painted, and photo- 

 graphed, there never has been tinge or shade of green. 

 Not the slightest trace of it! Each moth, male and 

 female has had a basic colour of pure lead or steel gray. 

 White tinged with the proper proportions of black and 

 blue gives the only colour that will exactly match it. I 

 have visited my specimen case since writing the pre- 

 ceding. I find there the bodies of four Regalis moths, 

 saved after their decline. One is four years old, one 

 three, the others two, all have been exposed to da^dight 



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