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The Moths and Butterflies 



is pale yellowish green and is striped with many fine longitudinal lines 

 alternating lighter and darker than the ground-color. There are two horns 

 on the second thoracic segment, and dorsal spines on the eighth and ninth 

 abdominal segments. 



A. virginiensis is purplish red or brown, and the wings are nearly trans- 



FIG. 614. FIG. 615. 



FIG. 614. The orange-striped oak-worm moth, Anisota senatoria, male. (After Lugger; 



natural size.) 

 FIG. 615. The orange-striped oak-worm moth, Anisota senatoria, female. (After 



Lugger; natural size.) 



parent in the center; the larva, found on oak, is grayish or greenish with 

 brownish-yellow or rosy stripes and with small white warty processes all over 



FlG. 616. Mulberry silkworms, larvae of Bombyx mori. (From life; natural size.) 



the skin; A. stigma, expanse 2 inches, is light ocherous brown with many 

 blackish dots; its bright tawny or orange caterpillar has long spines on 



