INSECT ENEMIES. 113 
fore wings are marked with a zigzag line near the base, 
and two oblique wavy lines near the outer margin, with 
other spots on the middle forming the letters A, H, all 
of a purplish red color. The hind wings are hairy, and 
purplish red next to the body, with a narrow curved 
band of like color near their posterior margin, and within 
this band there is a curved black line. On the middie 
of the wing is a black spot with a bluish center, on which 
there is a silver-white line. The upper side is ochre- 
yellow ; the head and thorax purplish brown. The an- 
tenne are broadly pectinated, while in the female they 
Fig. 100.—cORN EMPEROR MOTH, MALE. 
are feathered very narrow. ‘The anterior wings of the 
female are purplish brown, or a faded cream color. The 
zigzag and wavy lines across them are gray, and marked in 
the middle with a brown spot, surrounded by an irregular 
