LEPIDOPTERA. 



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The Bass-wood Leaf-roller, Pantographa limata (Pan- 

 tog'ra-pha li-ma'ta). Our bass-wood trees often present a 



strange ap- 

 pearance 

 from the fact 

 that nearly 

 every leaf is 

 cut more than 

 half way 

 across the 

 middle, and 

 the end rolled 

 into a tube 



(Fig. 274). Within this tube 

 there lives a bright green larva, 

 with the head and thoracic shield 

 black. This larva resembles cer- 



tain Tortricid larvae, both in ap- 

 pearance and habits ; but a study 

 of the adult shows it to be a Py- 



FIG. 274. Nest of larva of Pantographa ra lid. The moth expands about 



one and one half inches; it is 



straw-colored, with many elaborate markings of olive with 

 a purplish iridescence (Fig. 275). There is one brood a 

 year ; the winter is passed in the larval state. 



The Melon-worm, Margaronia hyalinata (Mar-ga-ro'ni-a 

 hy-a-li-na'ta). This beautiful moth (Fig. 276) is often a 

 serious pest in our southern states, where the larva is very 



