GIANT SILK-WORMS. 123 
THE POLYPHEMUS SILK-MOTH. 
(Telea polyphemus Linn.). 
The caterpillar (Fig. 125) of this large moth is quite 
different from that of the cecropia, being of a limpid light 
yellowish-green color, with seven oblique pale yellowish 
lines on each side of the body; it lacks the prominent 
tubercles, but has in their place little black wart-like pro- 
cesses which give rise to small and stiff bristles. The seg- 
ments, which have the spaces between them deeply in- 
Fig. 125.—Telea polyphemus Linn.; caterpillar and pupa. Aftcr Riley. 
dented, are each adorned with six wart-like processes 
or tubercles, which are sometimes tinted with orange; 
each segment has a small silvery spot on the middle. The 
head and anterior feet are pale-brown, the spiracles pale- 
orange, and the terminal segment is bordered by an angular 
band resembling the letter *“‘V,” of a purplish-brown color. 
When mature the caterpillar spins a cocoon and selects for 
this purpose the leaves of the tree upon which it fed, by 
