THE SATURNIA 10. 



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Fig. 189. 





Fig. 190. 



that has almost the texture of thin parchment. As soon 

 as their cocoons are finished, the 

 insects are changed to chrysalids 

 (Fig. 190), in which form they re- 

 main throughout the winter, and 

 in the following summer, during the 

 month of June, or beginning of 

 July, they come out in the winged 

 or moth state. The scientific name 

 of these moths is Saturnia Jo.* Un- 

 like those of the genus Attacus, they 

 sit with their wings closed, and covering the body like a 

 low roof, the front edge of the under wings extending a 

 little beyond that of the upper wings, and curving upwards. 

 The two sexes differ both in color and size. The male 

 (Fig. 191), which is the smallest, is of a deep or Indian 



Fig. 191. 



yellow color ; on its fore wings there are two oblique wavy 

 lines towards the hind margin, a zigzag line near the base, 

 and several spots so arranged on the middle as to form the 

 letters A H, all of a purplish red color ; the hind wings 

 are broadly bordered with purplish red next to the body, 

 and near the hinder margin there is a narrow curved band 

 of the same color ; within this band there is a curved black 



* fo, a priestess of Juno, in Greece, afterwards became the wife of Osiris, the 

 king of Egypt, and received divine honors under the name of Isis. 



