IMIVM'M ARTHROPODA 



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priint -nble ;i humming bird. Tin- larva- live on the 



n\ 1om;i1o and tobae< plant ~, Virginia creeper, and many 

 others they an H ually V cry Tin- family Ai'< "I im/K 



co [Mains lh<- fall webworm, Ilyphantria cunca, the larvae of 

 whirl) li\e I(M ther in a \v< !> 

 and eat lh- 1 many 



I ind ol tree and vhrubs. 

 The while -potled 



:-5.S. Orli-r Li-.iMiioi'TKKA. f iyi^y mot h, I'nrthitrin dispar. A, female. 

 B, lurva. C, pupa. H-rom Oshorn, after Howard.) 



moih, whose larvae feed on the- leaves of trees and are often very 

 troublesome, belongs to the family LYMA11TRIDJS. Another 

 important member of this family is the gypsy-moth, Porthetria 

 (Fig. 285). The gypsy-moth was imported from Kurope. 



:;. 280. Order Li I'inoi'TKKA. Silkworm, Hornby* mori. A, caterpillar. 

 f' (XML C, adult female moth. (From Shipley and 



Its caterpillars devour leaves and have killed many of the finest 



-hade tree- in certain part- of Massachusetts. 



A number of large common moths are placed in the family 

 BOMKYUD/K ; for example! the cecropia, Malysamia cecropia, 

 the giant silkworm moth, Tdca polyphemus, the luna moth, 



