THE PAINTED APPLE MOTH. 97 



When full grown they crawl into any corner and spin 

 a loose light-brown silken cocoon of a very flimsy 

 character (see Plate XLVITL), through which the pupae 

 can be plainly seen (see Fig. V.) ; and it will be noticed 

 that more than half of them are fully twice the size of the 

 others, the larger being the females. (See Fig. IV., which 

 is magnified.) 



In the summer time they do not remain in the pupal 



state longer than a fortnight, but in the winter broods not 



onlv do the larvae feed much longer, but the pupal stage 



lasts until the summer months come round. The male 



moth (see Figs. II. and III.) measures about an inch (often 



less) across the outspread wings, of which the fore pair 



are dark broAvn (somewhat darker than those on our 



plate) marked with yellow and grey markings, with a 



black transverse band across the tip, and a patch of the 



same colour at the base of the wings. The hind wings 



are orange yellow in the centre, with a broad black band 



encircling them, frino-ed alono- the outer eds-e with vellow. 



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The body is rather pointed towards the tip, whilst the 



thorax is stout, the antennsB short, broad, and beautifully 



feathered. When the moth is at vest it clings to the 



branch or wall with the wings pressed down on either 



side, forming an angle broadest at the base. 



The female moth is a short rounded creature destitute 

 of wings, with the antennae and legs rudimentary, but 

 thickly clothed all over with short brown down. Their 

 life-work is very limited, as they simply crawl out of their 

 shelter, lay their eggs (see plate) on top of it, and die. 



The eggs are dull white, made brownish on our plate 

 to suit the paper, hemispherical in shape, and showing 

 fascetted structure under the lens. They are rather large 

 for the size of the moth, and are generally matted together 

 with the down from the moth's body. 



Each female moth lays on an average about 700 eggs, 

 so it is easily seen how rapidly a family of these moths can 

 increase, especially as there are several broods in a year. 

 (Figs. VII., VIII., IX. are intended to represent the 



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