THE BUTrEHFLY 



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which are never of great size. They are destructive species 

 wliich infest apple trees ami even forest trees (Figs. 45 and 4(j). 

 Eggs are laid in a ring-like cluster around a 

 twig (Fig. 47). Here they pass the winter 

 and hatch out in the spring as 

 young larvae. The larvae are 

 gregarious and spin a tent-like 

 web, on which they live when 

 not feeding (Fig. 48). When 



, ^ ^ J, ^, . Fici. 46.— Adult 



ready to transform, they spui a nuiieot cii.sio- 

 cocoon made of a j'ellow powder tainpa. From 



lif{'. Nat. size. 



mixed with silk. Photo, by V. 



The Owlet moths (Noctui- ^- ^■ 

 da; ') are night fliers and are attracted by our lamjilights. 

 They are the most numerous of all our moths, eighteen hundred 

 species being known from our country. Among the largest 

 members of this grou]) are the Catocala - moths already r(>ferred 

 to. Here also are placed the boll-worm, which eats cotton- 



FiG. 4.5. — .\dult 

 fenial(> of Cli- 

 siocainpa cUs- 

 stria. From life. 

 Nat. size. Pho- 

 to. )5.v V. H. L. 



Fig. 47. — Egg-masse,5 of forest tciit-caterpillar, Uiid on branch. Photo, by 



V. H. L. 



pods and green ears of maize ; the cotton-worm, which destroys 

 the foliage of cotton ; the army-worm, which devours grass 



' From nox, night. ' hata, below; kalos, beautiful. 



