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the body is covered with hght f^ranuhitions which roughen it. 

 There are obUque yellow stripes on each side of the body. It feeds 

 on the apple, willow, elm, ash, plum, birch, etc. Another and 

 much larger hawk moth is the 



FOUK-HOKNED CERATOMIA. 



This elegant motlr, Ceratomia amyntor^ Hul>.^ is four or five in- 

 ches across the wings ; it varies considerably in si/e. The bodv 

 is large and stout as compared with the wings, as is always the 

 case with the Hawk moths. The wings are rather narrowly tri- 

 angular. They are of very beautiful shades of brown, gray and 

 white delicately blended. The larva is a stout warty caterpillar 

 usually about three inches long. It is cjf a bright green color with 

 oblique light lines on the sides, a row of notches along the back. On 

 the third and fourth ring back of the head are two short stout horns, 

 and a longer one on the caudal end. The whole body is covered 

 with granulations. Sometimes instead of being green these worms 

 are brown, and green and brown ones may be seen feeding to- 

 gether. They finally go into the ground to become chrysalids and 

 remain there until the following spring. The large size of the 

 worms renders them often quite conspicuous, and thus they are 

 readily taken and destroyed, but they sometimes do consideral)le 

 mischief before they are noticed. 



Arctia phalcrata^ Harris. 



This is a rather common and very attractive moth seen in sum- 

 mer about our houses. The front wings are velvety black, crossed 

 by a sort ol coarse net-work of light buti' lines, the hind wings are 

 tinged with red, and bear several black blotches near the hind 

 margin. The body is buff with black stripes. The expanded 

 wings are about an inch and-a-half across. The larvaa is a black 

 caterpillar, hairy, and with warty prominences over the body, and 

 from these arise short white hairs. There is a line of light yellow 

 along the back. It feeds on a variety of crops, and on the leaves 

 of several trees, including the elm. 



THE FALL WKB WORM. 



This is one of the pests which it would seem easy to discover 

 promptly and remove, but it sometimes gains such a foothold that 

 much injury is done, whole rows of trees being completely defoli- 

 ated. Although the individual caterpillars are small, their habit ot 



