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to ‘‘semble,’”’ which means that large numbers of males can 
be attracted to them and can thus be collected and killed. 
This insect has also many enemies which usually keep it 
in check. It is also a very voracious and general feeder, eat- 
ing the foliage of plum, apple, walnut, butternut, rose, oak 
and others. 
THE LUNA MOTH, 
(Actias luna Linn.). 
There are few insects as beautiful as this moth, which 
has an expanse of wings of about four and a half inches. 
The hind-wings, instead of being rounded as is usual with 
moths, have the anal part extended into a broad tail, cury- 
ing somewhat outward, an inch and three-quarters beyond 
the rest of the outer margin. The color of the wings varies 
in intensity, but they are usually of an even, delicate, bluish- 
green color, sometimes verging into yellowish, with a little 
eye-like spot on each wing consisting of a small clear center 
Fig. 127.—Achias luna Linn. Caterpillar. After Riley. 
encircled with lines of red and black. The anterior border 
of the fore-wings is broadly margined with purple or pur- 
plish-brown; the same color occurs upon the collar, feet and 
legs; the body of the moth is of a soft white. (Fig. 128, 
Plate XV.) 
