989 ORDER I.r.PIDOPTCRA. 



It-rlor winK^ ; the vtUlr Mark Uinlrr mart;inr«l Intrriurly with dark prar. Anlcnns 



hruwn, iM-ctiiidtcti in Ixilli .<M\(<t. Kn>nl ut tlic lh<>mi yellAn, Iwiiry ; haint of a ru<tt- 



roKir |M><tU-ri>>rlv. AIhUhucu l<lurk, tuurkt-U nllh three ri<KU.sli rings, and the mule 



htt.t thf loxt riiiK ul' lilt' Minu- rulur. 



Tlic ntulf and fiiiialo liavf n very rlusr rt'srnitilnnri' : the nialf, huwcvrr, is n littlo 



uniiillcr, anil has tuu tuns of n-ddisli hulr uimhi tlir lateral |>arts<>r ilic thumx ; while (he 



females are uiurketl w ith furked reddish lines U|K>n the autcriur wings, which teruiinato 



in the yellow strl|)e arruss the thorax. Puj»a-cusc black. 



The cnteq>illarsi>r tills s|Krirs are uf two kinds, or rather are marked after two different 

 piitterns. The hejid and feet are re<l, ami eaeh ring is ornanienletl with three j>nir of red- 

 dish r<iiu]>ouiul s|iines. TluM* s|>ines slin^ shar)dy ; and thout(h not at all rommon, they 

 have Ik-*!! found in an oak and hickory grove three miles south of the city of All»any, 

 together uith the larva or c<h;oou uf the insect. The figures were copied frum Audott k 

 SMitiTh Insects of Georgia. 



Fig. 'i, fcnudc ; 3, male ; c and d, rarictics of c»tcrptUar ; t, papa. 



Satirma io. Com Emperor JMvth. 

 Antennx pectinate : head and thorax pur]>lish brown : nlKlomrn ochre-yellow. 

 Uppui siuc, male : Color Indian yellow. The anterior win(^ are marked with two oblique 

 wavy lines towards the hinder niari^in, a ziu/Jii; line near the same, and several s|Mits 

 nrranm-d s<> as to form the letters A H, all of a |>ur|dish red color. Posterior wiiips 

 hairy and purplish, red at the base : on the posterior margin there Is also a curved 

 l>nnd of the same color ; nnd within this l>and is a rurveti black line, and <>n the 

 iiiiildle of the wins; n black spot with a bluish centre, ui>on which there is a silver- 

 white line or dash jMiintini; to the inner and f>osterlor angle. 

 Female : Anterior winus [>urplish brown or cream-color when fade<l, and marked In the 

 middle with a bmwnish «i>ot. Thorax ami leijs purple br«jwn. AMomen same as male. 

 Greatest expanse of wing aU)ut three and a half inches. 



The caterpillar measures two nnd a half inches when fully prown : its color is pea- 

 green, marked on the sides by a bnnvn stripe eiiged with white, the stripe ^>eginninR at 

 the P>urth rini;. The surface is covered with stinging prickles, standing and si>rcadiDg in 

 clusters and terminating in black. 



Tlie moth is hatched in July from the pupa, in which state it has remaine<l through the 

 winter. 



These caterpillars fwd ujx>n the leaves of the elm, i>oplar, doi^wood and sassafras, and 

 also u]Min clover and Indian corn. During a part of thiir lives they arc s<.>cial, and, when 

 they move, they march iu regular lik-s. 



