MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



They are fine, large, gaudy caterpillars. The hand- 

 somest one I ever saw I found among some gifts offered 

 by Molly-Cotton for the celebration of my birthday. It 

 had finished feeding, soon pupated in a sand pail and the 

 following spring a big female emerged that attracted 

 several males and they posed on a walnut trunk for beau- 

 tiful studies. 



LUNA CATEBPILLAB 



Once under the oak trees of a summer resort. Miss 

 Katherine Howell, of Philadelphia, intercepted a Luna 

 caterpillar in the preliminary race before pupation and 

 brought it to me. We offered young oak leaves, but they 

 were refused, so it went before the camera. Behind the 



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