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hairy, with eight pairs of short feet ; without the poste- 

 rior horii; metamorphosis occurs sometimes without a 

 web, in the earth ; sometimes in a cocoon. 



The Six Spot Eurnet Hornet Moth (zygsena fili- 

 pendulae), plate 23, fig. 2. The superior wings are 

 olive-green with a golden luster, and six blood-red spots ; 

 the inferior are red, bordered, on the posterior edges, 

 Avith black. It lives in the meadows, is not larger than 

 a fly; the caterpillar is pale yellow, feeds on clover, 

 plantain, etc., and makes a yellow or gray cocoon of 

 cylindrical form, which it fastens on the straw or stems 

 of these plants. The nympha, yellow in the middle, and 

 brown at each end, at the end of three weeks changes into 

 a winged insect. 



The White Spot (zygsena phegea) is larger; color 

 blue, and shines with a metallic coppery luster ; white 

 spots on the wings, and two orange rings on the body ; 

 lives in wooded meadows among flowers. The dark 

 brown caterpillar, with red head and feet, appears in 

 July ; lives on sorrel, plantain, oak, and hazel leaves ; 

 spends the winter in the larva state, and changes to a 

 nympha in the early spring ; its cocoon is gray, the pupa 

 reddish-brown. 



2. THE GLASS WIXGS. 



Body cylindrical ; abdomen terminated by a tassel ; 

 antennae slightly curved ; wings horizontal and transpa- 

 rent; fly by day. Caterpillar smooth, without the pos- 

 terior horn; undergoes the transitionary state in the 

 interior of plants. 



The Bee Moth (sesia apiformis), plate 23, fig. 5, much 

 resembles a queen bee ; is black, with a yellow head ; 



