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LIMACODID^ 



FAMILY, LIMACO'DID^. 



EUCLEA CIPPUS 



GENUS, EUCLE'A. 



SPECIES, cip'pus (a in the picture). 



THIS is a limacodid caterpillar, very pretty, green, 

 with yellow and red marks. It is found on maple, 

 plum, pear, willow, wild cherry, and this one was on a 

 solitary sweetbrier far from any tree or other shrub. 

 It ate maple, however. It spins a cocoon. The moth 

 is a pretty little one, reddish brown, with some green 

 marks on the fore wings. The species is common. 



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