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chaps on its legs made of long orange- and black- 

 colored hairs. Its wings spread about one and 

 one-half inches; only its hind wings are transpar- 

 ent. Some call this miller the porch vine iEgeria. 

 The cherry-tree miller (Fig. 112) does its most 

 damage when the larva bores into the roots of the 

 trees. The miller has all fom- wings transparent, 

 but the framework and borders of the wings are 

 steel blue, this being also the general color of the 

 body of the male insect, the wings of which spread 

 about one inch. But his wife, if not the better of 

 the two, is the larger ; her front wings are not trans- 

 parent and she wears a broad, fashionable girdle 

 of orange color around her body and can spread 

 her wings half an inch further than her husband. 



The little villain shown by Fig. 113 is an enemy 

 of our pear trees. The wings of this little marauder 

 do not spread much over a half an inch, are fringed 

 and veined with purple-])lack and the front wings 

 have a wide dark band with a coppery glint to it. 

 The back of the moth is a dusky or purple-black 

 color, its under side is of a golden yellow and it 

 wears a golden collar and golden epaulets. It also 

 has a yellow tail and a yellow girdle across the 



