CHAPTER SEVEX 



SUNSHINE MOTHS. CLEAR-WING MILLERS. HUMMING-BIRD 



MOTHS. THE WHITE DEATH. FRUIT BORERS 



:VND SQUASH-VINE MILLERS 



CLEAR-WING MILLERS 



Ai.L of US who are interested in insects have, 

 some time or other, been deceived by a thing visit- 

 ing the flowers in the daytime and having the ap- 

 pearance and actions of a humming bird. But 

 after we have been fortunate enough to capture 

 one of these creatures, we discover that it is not a 

 hmnming bird, but a "hum-bug;" in other words it 

 is a moth and belongs to the Clear- Wing tribe, the 

 family of moths (Figs. 105 and 107) which are 

 noted for their transparent wings. These millers, 

 when they creep out of their chrysalis or pupa or 

 mummy case, look very much like the hawk moths 

 already described or the members of the Sphinx 

 family of the Jug-Handle tribe. 



But the clear-wing moths have their own ideas 

 on personal adornment and they are dissatisfied 

 with their wings when they fii-st emerge, so they 

 buzz around until the coating of scales is shaken 



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