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thoracic legs, and these are very minute and not visi- 

 ble from above. It is interesting to note that several 

 species of Thecla also have the habit of boring, select- 

 ing fruits of different kinds, and among the Lycae- 

 nidse the caterpillars of the species Incisalia iriis bore 

 into the plum.^ Figures of species of Thecla are given 

 in Lepidoptercs et Chenilles de I'Amerique Septentri- 

 o?iale, Boisduval et Leconte. 



PHAL.EXID.E. 



The " fall canker-worm " moth, Anisopteryx pome- 

 taria (Fig. 154, a), is better known as a caterpillar, 



and this is improperly called a " worm." The body is 

 covered with scales (Fig. 154, d) ; Fig. 154, c, repre- 

 sents the joints of the antennae, which are uniform in 

 size. The wings of the male (Fig. 154, a^ are held 

 horizontally when in repose ; the female (Fig. 154, ^) 

 is without wings. The moths arise from the ground 

 the middle or last of October and lay their eggs (Fig. 

 155? ^> ^) side and top views; e, mass of eggs) on 

 both fruit and shade trees, particularly the apple 



1 See Scudder, The Buttei'flies of the Eastern United States 

 and Canada, pp. 800, 840, 1930. 



