American Royalty 101 



With a republican form of government and 

 mider the democracy of Thomas Jefferson, this 

 royal family thrives and no one begrudges them 

 their title and no anarchists throw bombs at them. 

 They are forest kings and belong to the royal 

 family of millers ; they are first cousins of the giant 

 silk-worms. 



The caterpillars have horns on the second and 

 sometimes on the third divisions of their bodies. 

 They live on the leaves of the forest trees and bury 

 themselves in the ground when they feel the change 

 coming over them warning them that they are soon 

 to take the chrysalis form. 



EMPEROR MILLER 



The first member of this family is the Emperor 

 miller (Fig. 91 ) . It has a spread of wings of four 

 to five and a half inches, and is a beautiful sulphur 

 yellow with purplish or violet color specklings or 

 markings. I believe its present scientific name is 

 Eacles Imperialis, but you need not try to remem- 

 ber this name, for, although it is its scientific name 

 to-day, no one can tell what its name will be to- 

 morrow. But the common name, Emperor moth, 

 or Emperor miller, will probably stick to it always. 



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