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wings were like thin glass, all edged with red velvet. My hands 



trembled so in the excitement, that the specimen almost escaped 



from the net. I looked through the moth book and found that 



this little day moth is called "Bloody Nose" or Hemaris Thy she. 



Later I saw a number of them hovering over the phlox and August 



lilies in the garden. 



By this time, I had learned to know a number of moths. But 



so far, I had never been able -to get 



either a Luna or an Emperor. 



It was by the help of one of my 



little friends that I at last found 



the latter. A little boy came to 



see me one afternoon and said, 



"If you want any big yellow 



. , , moths, I know where there are 



Hemans thysbe 



lots of them. I very naturally 



wished to know. He said that if I would go down to the park 



with him that evening, he would show me where to find them. 



He was as good as his word, and I found that I could catch as 



many as half a dozen fine Emperors in an evening. The best 



places to catch were in the dance pavilion and around the arc 



lights. 



It was not until the summer of nineteen sixteen that I found any 

 Luna moths. Then it was entirely by accident. Walking by a 

 clump of alder bushes, I saw a sight that almost took my breath 

 away. There, clinging to a branch, were two large Luna moths. 

 They were a lovely pale green, with long graceful trailers. Their 

 wings were edged with deep lavender. I have never yet found 

 either the cocoons or larva of this moth. 



The latest work I have done with moths has been done durmg 

 the school year. I brought a number of my cocoons and pupae 

 to school and kept them in a wire cage. Some of them I hung 

 from the wire, others I placed in boxes. They were all labeled 

 and a brief description of the moth given. The only care they 

 required was an occasional sprinkling. When a female Cecropia 

 emerged on the sixteenth of April, I put her in a cage and placed 

 her on the campus near the rockery, in hope that some early- 

 emerged males might find her. But it was probably too early 

 for any but house-wintered moths to emerge. 



