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his pardon for inconveniencing him, wishing him a com- 

 fortable winter, a successful pupahood in the spring, 

 and a final glorification into 

 mothhood in June, I placed him 

 under his own basswood tree. 



The adult of Pantograplia 

 limata is a very pretty moth, with 

 wings of delicate buff marked with 



Fig. 41. Moth of the Bass- t mi • i ,■£ -i 



wood Leaf-roller. olive-green. 1 here IS a beautiful 



purplish iridescence to the olive- 

 green, which is a delight to the eye that loves delicate, 

 suggestive color. 



The interesting thing about this species from a sci- 

 entific standpoint is that it has broken away from 

 family traditions and become a leaf-roller. Most of the 

 leaf-rolling caterpillars belong to the Tortricina, al- 

 though rarely they are found in other families. Our 

 little friend belongs to the Pyralidina, and has devel- 

 oped his. leaf -rolling habit entirely independent of his 

 ancestors or near relatives. If the individual which 

 I studied fairly represents the species, I am not sur- 

 prised at this original line of development ; for in all 

 my dealing with insect kind I have never met one of 

 the " little brothers " who knew his own mind more 

 clearly and conclusively than the subject of this sketch. 



