SATURNIIN^ 



SUBFAMILY, SATURNII'N^. 



AOTIAS LUNA 



GENUS, ac'tias (a Greek proper name). 

 SPECIES, lu'na (the moon). 



Luna lays eggs as purely white as its own white 

 scales. They are much like those of auffullfera in size 

 and shape, and ours have been laid in rows, not many 

 in a row. We have had many eggs of lima, and never 

 one which was not white, though one writer describes 

 them differently. They grow lead-colored before 

 hatching. Out of doors they are laid on twigs or the 

 upper side of leaves. 



The egg-period has been three weeks, but probablj' 

 varies with the hot or cold season, as does that of other 

 moths. 



The caterpillars were a quarter of an inch long, 

 tapering from head to anus. Their heads were green, 

 marked with black across the front. Their bodies 

 were yellow-green, the anal plate being bluer. The 

 first segment had four large tubercles with yellow 

 setsB. The other segments had six smaller tubercles 



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