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brown spiracles and br:iiid brown incisures of tbe three 

 larger abdominal segments. 



The moth (fig. 138) which in time bursts from this 

 chrysalis, has the body and front wings of a fleshy-gray, 

 marked and shaded with olive-green, while the hind 

 wings are of a deep rust-color, with a small shade of 

 gray near their inner angle. 



This insect is in northarly regions one-brooded, but 

 towards the south two-brooded, the first worms appear- 

 ing in the latitude of St. Louis, during June and July, 

 and giving out the moths about two weeks after they 

 become chrysalids, or from the middle of July to the first 



Fig. 138. — MOTH OF HOO-OATEBPLLLAK. 



of August. The second brood of worms are full grown 

 in September and, passing the winter in the chrysalis 

 state, give out the moths the following May. On one 

 occasion we found at South Pass, 111., a worm half 

 'grown and still feeding as late as October 30th, a circum- 

 stance which would lead to the belief, that at points 

 where the winters are mild they may even hibernate in 

 the larva state. 



This worm is a most voracious feeder, and a single one 

 will sometimes strip a small vine of its leaves in a few 

 nights. According to Harris it does not even confine its 

 attacks to the leaves, but in its progress from leaf to 

 leaf, stops at every cluster of fruit, and either from 

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