THE TIGER-MOTHS. 



that they sometimes make great devastation among young 

 Indian corn in the Southern States. 



A much more abundant species in Massachusetts is that 

 which has been called the harnessed moth, Arctia plialerata 

 (Fin;. 1G6) of my Catalogue. 



' . J Fig. 166. 



It makes its appearance from 

 the end of May to the middle 

 of August, and probably breeds 

 throughout the whole summer. 

 It is of a pale buff or nankin 

 color ; the hind wings next to 

 the body, and the sides of the body, are reddish ; on the fore 

 wings are two longitudinal black stripes and four triangular 

 black spots, the latter placed near the tip ; and these stripes 

 and spots are arranged so that the buff-colored spaces be- 

 tween them somewhat resemble horse-harness ; the hind 

 wings have several black spots near the margin; there are 

 two dots on the collar, three stripes on the thorax, and a 

 stripe along the top of the back, of a black color ; the under 

 side of the body and the legs are also black. The wings ex- 

 pand from one inch and a half to one inch and three quar- 

 ters. The caterpillar is not yet known to me. This moth, 

 in many respects, resembles one called Phyllira* by Druiy^ 

 rarely found here, but abundant in the Southern States ; the 

 fore wings of which are black, with one longitudinal line, two 

 transverse lines, and near the tip two zigzag lines forming a 

 AV, of a buff cojor. 



The feelers and tongue of the foregoing moths, though 

 short, are longer than in the following species, which have 

 these parts, as well as the head, smaller and more covered 

 with hairs. Some of the latter may be said to occupy thei 

 centre or chief place amonj; the Arctians, exceeding all the 



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rest in the breadth of their wings, the thickness of their 

 bodies, and the richness of their colors. Among these is 

 the great American tiger-moth, Arctia Americana, an unde- 



* More properly Philyra. 



