Saturniidae 



the ground. The moths emerge in the fall, though a few winter 

 over in the soil until the next spring, when they emerge, or 

 they may even remain dormant until the following fall. 



The wings are semi-translucent, and in some 

 specimens are apparently almost devoid of 

 scales. The insects are diurnal, or semi-crepus- 

 cular in their habit, and 1 have never known 

 them to be attracted to artificial light. The 

 name "Buck-moths" is said to have been given 

 to them because they fly at the time when deer- 

 stalking is in order. 



The insect ranges from Maine and Nova 

 Scotia to Florida 

 and westward to 

 the eastern edge of 

 the great plains. 

 In the Carolinas it 

 is very common, especially in 

 groves of the Black-jack Oak, 

 which grow on barren up- 

 lands. 



(2) Hemileuca neva- 

 densis Stretch, Plate XI, 

 Fig 2, $. (The Nevada 

 Buck-moth.) 



Syn. californica Wright ; 

 artemis Packard. 



This species, which 

 closely resembles the pre- 

 ceding, may be distin- 



FIG. 44. Eggs 

 of Buck-moth. 

 (After Riley.) 



guished from it by the 



much wider expanse of the 



transverse discal bands in 



both wings, and the much 



redder tuft of anal hairs. 



It may be a mere local race of Hemileuca maia, 



authors have recently accorded it specific rank. 



(3) Hemileuca juno Packard, Plate XII, Fig. 8, 

 Juno Moth.) 



Syn. yavapai Neumcegen. 



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FIG. 45. Buck -moth; a, mature 

 larva; b, pupa; c-d, bristles on larvae in 

 first stage; e, thoracic spine in second 

 stage; /, spine in third stage; g, spine 

 in fifth stage. (After Riley.) 



but most 



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