248 THE INSECT WOELD. 



figure are also represented the eggs and the cocoon. The moth 

 has the abdomen yellowish underneath, with little white tufts. 

 Its wings are traversed by a white band, which is followed exte- 

 riorly by a line of a bright rose ; each wing is also marked with 

 a lunula or crescent- shaped spot. 



In 1858 M. (ruerin-Meneville presented to the Academic 

 des Sciences of Paris the first moths and the first eggs laid in 

 France of the Attacus Cynthia. This able entomologist demon- 



Fig. 228. Eggs, larvse, and cocoons of Attacus (Bombyx) Cynthia. 



strated very soon afterwards 1st, that the caterpillars of this 

 insect can be reared in the open air, and with scarcely any cost 

 for management ; 2ndly, that it produces two crops a year in the 

 climate of Paris and the north of France ; 3rdly, that the cultiva- 

 tion of the Ailanthus or false Japan varnish tree, on which this 

 insect lives, is easy even in the most sterile soil. 



