4<D2 ARTICULATES: INSECTS. 



rings. Before, and adjoining the eye-spots of the hind 

 wings, there is a large blue spot shading into black. It 

 appears in June. It is now referred to Telea. 



The Genus Saturnia Saturnians has the antennae 

 widely feathered only in the males, and the larva has small 

 warts crowned with long prickles or branching spines, and 

 these prickles sting severely. 



The lo, 5. lo, Sm. Abb., expands from two inches and 

 three fourths to three inches and a half, and the male is 

 deep yellow, the fore wings marked and spotted with pur- 

 plish-red, and the hind wings bordered next the body 

 and banded near the hind margin with the same color, 

 and within this band there is a curved black line ; middle 

 of the wing with a large, round, blue spot with a broad 

 black border and a central white mark ; fore wings of the 

 female purplish-brown mingled with gray, with a brown 

 spot surrounded by an irregular gray line. It is now re- 

 ferred to Hyperchiria. 



The Proserpina, 5. maia, Drury, expands from two 

 inches and a half to three inches, and the wings are thin, 

 black, and both pairs crossed by a broad yellow-white 

 band, near the middle of which, on each wing, there is a 

 kidney-shaped spot of black with a whitish crescent. 



The Genus Ceratocampa embraces moths which in the 

 caterpillar state are armed with horns, and which eat the 

 leaves of forest-trees, and enter the ground to undergo 

 their transformations. The species are of gigantic size. 



The Regal Walnut-Moth, C. regalis, Fabr., expands 

 from five to six inches, the fore wings olive-colored, with 

 several yellow spots, and veined with broad red lines ; 

 hind wings orange red, with two large irregular yellow 

 patches before, and a row of wedge-shaped, olive-colored 

 spots between the veins behind. The larva feeds upon 

 the walnut-tree, and attains four or five inches in length. 

 It is now referred to Citheronia. It flies in July and 

 August. 



