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INSECTS AT HOME. 



golden streak on its costal margin. Beneatli, it is remarkaLIe 

 for a shining golden strijje that runs along the lower edge of 

 the upper pair of wings, the gold changing in some lights to 

 prismatic effects of green and blue. 



The caterpillar is another of the nocturnal larva?. It feeds 

 upon the crown, stem, and heart of various garden plants, 

 especially favouring lettuces when they are tied ujj to blanch. 

 The colour of the larva is as variable as that of the perfect 



1. TiyiJlifcna pronub*. 2. Phlogophora meticulnsa. 3. Plusia chrj-sitis. 



a. Tryphajna, larva. b. Phlogophora, larva. 



insect, but is generally some shade between olive green and 

 brown, and on the body are a variety of brown and black 

 streaks, as may be seen by its portrait at F'ig. a. It is a very 

 general feeder, and there are very few garden plants or vege- 

 tables which escape its jaws. When full-fed, it forms a kind 

 of rude oval cell, and therein undergoes its transformation 

 into the Moth. Botli the caterpillar and Moth are exceedingly 

 common, and may be captured in any numbers. 



