178 CATERPILLARS AND THEIR MOTHS 



caterpillars were now very pretty, and ate more than 

 at first, though they were never as hungry as celeus. 

 In different stages they suggested the caterpillars of 

 H. fhtjshe, C. amyntor, and P. myops, and were very 

 interesting. 



The balm-of-Gilead gives out a fragrance so aromatic 

 that the boxes were always pleasant to open, and the 

 caterpillars themselves were dainty and beautiful; 

 they were over three inches long at last. 



They stopped eating five days after the fourth molt, 

 and six days later the pupae molted the larva-skin. 



The pupae were about two inches long, dark brown, 

 almost black, shagreened, and vexy stout. No tongue- 

 case was visible. They were very quiet pupae, although 

 in fine condition. 



The moths emerged the following summer. They 

 are beautiful with shades of gray and mouse-color, and 

 the hind wings have red or pink-red through the 

 middle, and a bluish patch at the anal angle. The 

 head, thorax, and abdomen are of bluer gray than the 

 wings, which vary much in tint and marking, being 

 sometimes of almost uniform brown, sometimes having 

 olive, sometimes bluish reflections. The pink-red of 

 the hind wings is of the same class of color as that of 

 P. geminatus and P. exccecatiis, and the under side of 

 the fore wings has a patch of this color. 



In the West the moths are much paler than in the 

 East and North, and are called (variety) occklentalis. 



Modesta is a more Northern than Southern species, 

 but " is found from the Atlantic to the Pacific." It is 

 thought to be double-brooded, but our August pupae 

 gave no moths until the following summer. 



