LIME MOTH. 5 



marked with bright olive green. The caterpillar 

 is smaller than that of the preceding insect, and 

 is very rough on the surface. The lateral stripes 

 are pale pink. It feeds on the lime, and changes 

 into the chrysalis state about September. 



Lime Moth. 



In some parts of the country it appears to be 

 rare, but I have found it plentiful enough in 

 those places where I have resided. 



In order to show the curious position which 

 this Moth is fond of assuming, I have selected 

 a figure drawn from a living specimen. In 

 this attitude it so closely resembles a partly- 

 withered leaf, that when it is clinging to a 



