Scak'winged Insects 



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The Imperial Moth, a handsome North 

 American moth belonging to a family allied to 

 the emperor-moths, is represented below. 



The Eggars form another allied family, 

 also with tufted caterpillars, but with the 

 central eye of the wings absent, or reduced 

 to a small black spot. A set of remarkable 

 photographs, representing the eggs, cater- 

 pillars, cocoons and sections of cocoons, 

 and the moths of a large and handsome 

 species — the CYrRESS-MOTH of Smyrna — appears 

 on pages 720 and 721. We have received 

 the following account of their habits from 

 Mr. ]Mavroyeni, to whom we are indebted 

 for the photographs : " In the month of 



Photo by L. tl. JovM, New York. 



POLYPHEMUS MOTH. 



A handsome North American 

 Emperor-moth. 



July they start weav- 

 ing their cocoons, in 

 which they remain for 

 seventeen days. A 

 couple of weeks after 

 the moths have emerged 

 from their cocoons and 

 laid their eggs, the eggs 

 hatch, and the young 

 caterpillars run up the 

 tree, and feed from the 

 end of August, during 

 autumn, winter, and 



Photo hy L. H. Jov-tdi [A'cio York. 



IMPERIAL MOTH. 



Yellow with purplish-bron-ndots and blotches. Nativa of North America 



Photo ty Higldiy. 



CECROPIA MOTH. 

 The largest of the North American Emperor-motbs, 



spring." We believe that the cocoons of 

 this species are prepared for use as silk in 

 Greece. 



Among other kinds, we may notice the 

 bright-coloured Tiger-moths, with their black 

 and cream-coloured fore wings and red-and- 

 black hind wings, which frequent gardens, 

 and are reared from reddish-brown caterpillars 

 with long hair. These are stout-bodied 

 moths ; and there are other moths, with 

 brown fore wings and whitish hind wings, 

 which fly to candles, or buzz over flowers in 

 the evening. These are called Owl-moths ; 

 but there are larger and handsomer members 



