Tiger and Leopard Millers 127 



Known to me." That means that the Doctor did 

 not find one, but I have no doubt you boys can. 



The beautiful Bella belongs with the group of 

 so-called tiger moths, but in reality the spotted 

 ones should be called leopard moths, because tigers 

 are not spotted and leopards are. We will, how- 

 ever, not quarrel with this name because at least 

 one of the moths is called a leopard miller (Fig. 

 128). They are all of them pretty and add to the 

 beauty of a collection and most of them are easily 

 caught around the lamp at night. The caterpillars, 

 as a rule, belong to the hobo class — that is, they 

 seem to have no permanent abiding place. You 

 meet them hustling along the roadside and in the 

 paths, apparently travelling in any and every 

 direction, and maybe if we could liear them and 

 understand caterpillar language, they would be 

 found to be singing: 



'* We-e-l, I ain't got no rep'lar placr 



That I kin call my home, 

 Ain't got no permanent address 



As through this world I ro-o-am. 

 An' Portlnnd, Maine, is just t'.'.c same 



As sunny Tennessee, 

 For any old place I hang my hat, 



Is Home Sweet Home to mc." 



