11-4 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



casionally come uj^on single caterpillars feeding on 

 azalea in the swampy fields or by the edge of the Lane. 

 We have never found an early moth or larva, ours 

 being all in August and September. It is considered 

 double-brooded and " rather common from Canada to 

 Georgia, and westward to Iowa," according to Mr. 

 Beutenmiiller. 



The pupa is pinkish brown speckled with black, and 

 very deep brow^n between the segments. It is jDinker 

 than myron. 



In the moth the head and thorax are of a deep cin- 

 namon-brown, the abdomen being of a lighter and 

 grayer shade. The fore wings are of a purple-brown, 

 with greenish scales along the costa and a wide band 

 of the deep cinnamon-brown crossing each wing near 

 the apex. A narrow and broken band is sometimes 

 found nearer the base of the wing. The fore wings 

 are slightly falcate. The hind wings are of a very red 

 tan-color, or rust-color, unmarked. The antennae are 

 tan-color on one side and white on the other. They 

 are sim23le in the female and ciliate in the male. The 

 tongue is not an inch long. The moths fly after dark, 



