ATTACUS GLOVERI 



GENUS, AT'TACUS. 



SPECIES, GLO'VERi (Glover's) 



This is a Western species, and we had the gray cocoons 

 sent us in the winter. They were oval, not as large as 

 those of cecropia, and with a queer, streaked look. 

 Some were spun between leaves, others not. The 

 outer cocoon was not much larger than the inner one, 

 and did not separate from it easily. Both were tough, 

 and the inner one was puckered at the top like the 

 other attacine cocoons. From these cocoons the 

 moths emerged early in June, mated, and the females 

 laid many eggs, singly, in rows of four or more, and 

 in irregular masses of ten or eighteen, just as it 

 liappened. The gummy substance which held these 

 eggs to the leaf, box, or each other was so very adhe- 

 sive that it was difficult to detach the eggs. The egg- 

 period was eleven days, and the eggs were like those 

 of cecropia in size, shape, and color. 



The caterpillars began to appear early in the even- 

 ing. Their heads were shining black, round, and had 

 setsB. The bodies were black, with shining black 

 tubercles tipped with horn-colored setae, and notice- 

 ably long and slender. The legs and props were of 

 the same polished black. The crawlers rested like 



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