THE SATURNIA 10. 



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Fig. 189. 



tliat has almost tlie texture of thin parchment. As soon 

 as then' cocoons are finished, the 

 insects are changed to clirysaKds 

 (Fig. 190), in wliicli form they re- 

 main throughout the winter, and ' 

 iu the following summer, during the 

 month of June, or beginning of 

 July, they come out in the winged 

 or moth state. The scientific name 

 of these moths is Saturnia lo* Un- 

 like those of the genus Attacus, t^i^J 

 sit with their wings closed, and coyering the body like a 

 low roof, the front edo-e of the under Avinn-s extendincr a 

 little beyond that of the upper wings, and curving upwards. 

 The two sexes differ both in color and size. The male 

 (Fig. 191), which is the smallest, is of a deep or Indian 



Fig 191. 



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yellow color ; on its fore wings there are two oblique wayy 

 lines towards the hind margin, a zigzag line near the base, 

 and several spots so arranged on the middle as to form the 

 letters A H, all of a purplish red color ; the hind wings 

 are broadly bordered with purplish red next to the body, 

 and near the hinder margin there is a narrow curved band 

 of the same color ; within this band there is a curved black 



* To, a priestess of Juno, in Greece, afterwards became the wife of Osiris, tlie 

 king of Eg3'pt, and received divine honors under the name of Isis. 



