MOTHS OF THE LIMBERLOST 



my studies of every important species, Arthur Fensler 

 brought me a large Regalis caterpillar, full fed, and in 

 the last stages of the two days of exercise that every 

 caterpillar seems to take before going into the pupa 

 state. It was late in the evening, so I put the big fellow 

 in a covered bucket of soft earth from the garden, plan- 

 ning to take his picture the coming day. Before morning 

 he had burrowed into the earth from sight, and' was 

 pupating, so there was great risk in disturbing him. I 

 was afraid there were insects in the earth that would 

 harm him, as care had not been taken to bake it, as 

 should have been done. 



A day later Willis Glendenning brought me another 

 Regalis caterpillar. I made two pictures of it, although 

 transformation to the pupa stage was so far advanced 

 that it was only half length, and had a shrivelled appear- 

 ance hke the one I once threw away. I was disgusted 

 with the picture at the time, but now I feel that it is very 

 important in the history of transformation from cater- 

 pillar to pupa, and I am glad to have it. 



Two days later, Andrew Idlewine, a friend to my work, 

 came to the Deacon with a box. He said that he thought 

 maybe I would like to take a picture of the fellow inside, 

 and if I did, he wanted a copy; and he wished he knew 

 what the name of it was. He had found it on a butter- 

 nut tree, and used great care in taking it lest it "horn" 

 him. He was horrified when the Deacon picked it up, 



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