MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



roof. The larva is elongate, slender, flattened beneath 

 and spotted with black, attenuated at each end, with 

 fleshy filaments on the sides above the legs, while the 

 head is flattened and rather forked above. It feeds on 

 trees and rests attached to the trunks. The pupa is 

 covered with a bluish efflorescence, enclosed in a slight 

 cocoon of silk, spun amongst leaves or bark." 



This will tend to bear out my contention that scientific 

 works are not the help they should be to the Nature Lover. 

 Heaven save me from starting to locate Catocala moths, 

 eggs, caterpillars or pupae on the strength of this infor- 

 mation. I might find moths by accident; nothing on the 

 subject of eggs; neither colour of body, characteristics 

 nor food, to help identify caterpillars; for the statement, 

 "it feeds on trees," cannot be considered exactly illu- 

 minating when we remember the world full of trees on 

 which caterpillars are feeding; and should one search for 

 cocoon encased pupae among the leaves and bark of tree- 

 tops or earth? 



The most reliable information I have had, concerning 

 these moths of which I know least, comes from Professor 

 Rowley. He is the only lepidopterist of four to whom I 

 applied, who could teU me any of the things I am in- 

 terested in knowing. He writes in substance: "The 

 Bride and Sweetheart are common northern species, as 

 are most of the. other members of the group. TheAma- 

 trix, with its red wings, is called the Sweetheart because 



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