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they change to pupns to remain throughout the winter. In 

 New England this species is seldom if ever sufficiently abun- 

 dant to do serious injury. 



The other moth referred to above may fairly claim to be 

 our most beautiful insect. By the great Linngeus it was 

 named the lun"A moth {Acfias luna), and has long been known 

 as the Queen of Night. Its general appearance is well 



PMg. 14.— The Lima Moth (slightly reduced). 



shown in the photograph reproduced in Fig. 14, the wings 

 expanding fully four inches, and the colors being a delicate 

 green margined with greenish yellow along the posterior 

 edges, and a delicate purplish brown along the front border. 

 This species also appears in early summer, occasionally flying 

 at liight into open windows of lighted rooms, where its size and 

 beauty are sure to attract attention. Its life history is quite 

 similar to that of the Cecropia moth. The eggs are deposited 

 on the leaves of various trees; the cater|Dillars feed upon the 

 foliage, and late in summer or early in autumn spin their 



