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cent-like spot, while a wavy line, similar in coloration, runs 

 along each wing nearly parallel with the outer margin and 

 about three fourths of an inch from it. Near the tip of each 

 front wing there is an oval black spot with a small white cres- 

 cent on its inner edge. The body is of a brick red color, with 

 rings of white and dark brown on each segment of the abdo- 

 men. 



Fig. 13. — The Cecropia Moth and its Cocoon (reduced) . 



This moth, which is called the cecropia moth, being known 

 to science as Samia cecropia, emerges from a large silken 

 cocoon, like that shown in Fig. 13. These cocoons may be 

 found in winter upon a variety of trees and shrubs; if brought 

 in doors and kept in a cool room, they will yield the moth in 

 the early summer. When at liberty these moths deposit their 

 eggs on many sorts of fruit, forest, and shade trees, the eggs 

 hatching into caterpillars that feed upon the foliage of the 

 tree. The caterpillars grow during the summer, and early in 

 autumn spin the large loose silken cocoons, within which 



