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ARTICULATES: INSECTS. 

 SILK-WORM MOTHS. 



These moths have the head small, antennae generally 

 feathered or toothed, tongue short, thorax woolly, and 

 the fore legs hairy. Most of the caterpillars spin co- 

 coons. Some of these moths are small, and others are 

 the largest of the Lepidopters. 



One of the most elegant kinds is the Beautiful De'i- 

 opeia. Its fore wings are yellow, crossed by white 



Fig. 276. Beautiful Dei'opeia. 



bands, on each of which is a row of black dots, and the 

 hind wings are scarlet with an irregular black border. 



The Salt-marsh Moth expands about two inches ; the 

 fore wings are white, hind wings and hind body yellow, 



Fig. 277. Salt-marsh Moth, Larva. 



Fig. 278. Salt-marsh Moth, 

 Pupa. 



Fig. 279. Salt-marsh Moth. 



and the wings spotted with black, and the hind body 

 has a row of black spots above, a row below, and two 



