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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



the back answers to the midril) of the leaf, the oblique stripes 

 on the sides look like the main veins, and the green horns closely i-e- 

 semble the notched tip of the leaf. One may readily locate the 

 creature by observing- the pellets of excrement on the ground under 

 the trees, but even wlien he is known to be on a certain branch he 

 is not easily seen. The caterpillars may sometimes be seen on the 

 trunks of trees as they are making their way down to the ground to 

 undergo their transformations in tlie soil. The moth is four inches 

 or more in expanse and is liglit brown in color, with lines and mark- 

 ings of dark brown, black and gray. 



The caterpillar descends into the ground during August or Sep- 

 tember and emerges a moth tlie next July, when it crawls up the 

 trunk of an elm tree, waiting until evening when its wings are suf- 

 ficiently strong to enable it to take fliglit. 



Daremma uiidulosa. 



Daremma undidosa is a good-sized moth of a brownish-gray color, 

 with a few light gray and dark brown or black markings distributed 

 as shown in the figure. It is not a rare moth and will sometimes be 

 attracted by the collector's lamp. It is rarely taken about flowers as 

 it does not seem to be as partial to sweets as many of the sphinxes. 



A small moth somewhat resembling the preceding in its markings 

 is Dolha hylceus. The upper wings are liglit reddisli-brown and gray 

 with many black and brown lines. The lower Avings are sooty-brown 



