lO MOTH 



Chapter Eight 

 HERA OF THE CORN 



HYPERCHIRIA lO 



AT THE same time he gave me the Eacles Im- 

 perialis moths, Mr. Eisen presented me with 

 a pair of Hyperchiria lo. They were nicely 

 mounted on the black velvet lining of a large case in my 

 room, but I did not care for them in the least. A pic- 

 ture I would use could not be made from dead, dried 

 specimens, and history learned from books is not worth 

 knowing, in comparison with going afield and threshing 

 it out for yourself, in your own way. Because the lo 

 was yellow, I wanted it — more than several specimens I 



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