PITCHER PLANTS WHAT ARE THEY? 



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color it is a bright vermilion, banded and striped with 

 white. A row of six little vermilion dots occur upon 

 either side, arranged as shown in the illustration. In 

 the male the body is in proportion very much smaller, 

 though the coloration is 

 similar. 



The entire metamorphosis 

 is a most remarkable phe- 

 nomenon, and no part of it 

 is more so than the way 

 this weak, soft, and tender 

 moth succeeds in getting 

 out of the dense, tough case 

 in which its transformation 

 was effected. In this it is 

 materially assisted through 

 the use of a very caustic 

 fluid acid, which it is able 

 to jet from its mouth upon 

 the point where the emerg- 

 ence will subsequently be 

 made. Experiments with 

 this acid go to show that 

 it will burn through not a 

 few fabrics and other ma- 

 terials of great durability 

 and strength. 



The study of the eggs, 

 the pupae, larvae, and the 

 anatomy of the latter two, 

 together with that of the 

 moth itself is a very large 

 subject, one that cannot be 

 discussed in a brief article like the present one. 



In the Cecropia, the general upper surface of the 



FIG. 6 THE SAME INSECT AS IS SHOWN IN FIGURE 5, SEEN 

 UPON DIRECT LATERAL VIEW. NOTE THE THREADLIKE 

 ANTENNAE AND THE EXQUISITE PATTERN OF THE WINGS. 



this is sprinkled with tan with extreme fineness. The 

 anterior part of the body is bright red, which runs 

 out on the wing on either side, where it is bounded with 

 black and white, the former being the outer band. There 



is also a large kidney- 

 shaped spot on either in- 

 ferior wing, each being 

 white, passing to red, to be 

 bounded by a fine line of 

 velvety black. A sub- 

 marginal band of black, 

 white, and red is carried 

 clear around over all four 

 wings, as shown in Figure 

 5. This is succeeded by a 

 very complicated pattern, 

 which is carried to the 

 edges of the wings. The 

 principal colors in this are 

 black, purple, and pale tan. 

 With slight change in pat- 

 tern and distribution, these 

 colors and their arrange- 

 ment is repeated upon the 

 under surfaces of the wings 

 as shown in Figure 6. 



The Cecropia is a repre- 

 sentative of a very large 

 family of beautiful Ameri- 

 can moths known as the 

 Saturniidae ; they are all 

 cocoon-weavers, and most 

 of the species are above the 



average size. This family contains the famous Poly- 

 phemus, the Luna moth, the Galbine moth, and not a 

 superior and inferior wings is a rich, deep brown, of few very beautiful other kinds, every one of which 

 rather a deep shade. Anteriorly, on the upper wings, is well worthy of our closest study. 



MUNICIPAL WOODYARDS LEGALIZED IN 

 MISSISSIPPI 



1%/T UNICIPAL wood and coal yards have been made 

 -*--- possible in the State of Mississippi by recent legis- 

 lative action which authorizes towns and cities to estab- 

 lish and operate wood and coal yards to provide the 

 inhabitants with fuel. 



This authority is to be effective for the period of the 

 war and not to extend beyond one year after the close 

 of the war. 



General municipal funds may be used for this pur- 

 pose, but should these be insufficient the necessary 

 money may be borrowed. In the latter case it is neces- 

 sary to give general publicity by publication in the local 

 newspapers of the proposed step. In the absence of any 

 protest, the proposed fuel yards may be established at 

 once ; on the other hand, if protest is made by at least 

 25 per cent of the qualified voters, an election must be 

 held, a majority_vote in favor being sufficient to give 

 approval and authorize the loan. 



MILL OWNERS COOPERATE WITH 

 GOVERNMENT 



TN the desire to speed up the shipbuilding and airplane 

 - 1 - building programs of the administration, various 

 branches of the government are continuing the produc- 

 tion of certain kinds of wood for non-war uses. 



The latest development along this line is reported to 

 be a voluntary agreement between the musical instru- 

 ment industry and the War Industries Board for a cur- 

 tailment of 30 per cent in the output of pianos, talking 

 machines and other instruments during the next few 

 months. Instead the musical instrument plants will be 

 given contracts for the manufacture of airplane frames 

 and propellors. 



It is also reported that the Signal Corps is notifying 

 veneer mills that no mahogany suitable for airplanes nor 

 walnut suitable for gunstocks or airplanes be shipped for 

 commercial purposes. The government is showing its 

 confidence in the patriotism of the mill owners by stating 

 this ruling in the form of a request rather than an order. 



