LEPIDOPTBRA (MOTIIS). 



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(Lackey Moth) ; others — the Psyclndm — form oases of foreign 

 objects in which to live. There are several very injurious 

 species in this division, but it also includes the valuable 

 groups of Silk-worms [Saturiiiddi and Bomhycida]). The family 

 Liparidie contains the destructive Gypsy Moth [Liparis dispar), 

 whose larvae have been such a scourge in Massachusetts and 

 other parts of the United States, into which country it was 

 introduced from Europe. 



The Lackey Moth (Bombyx (Olissiocampa) neustria). 



The Lackey Moth (fig. 103), one of the family Bombycidte, is 

 often injurious to a serious extent in our orchards. The female 



Fig. 102. — Egg-banb of Lackey 

 Moth. (Twice nat. .size.) 



Fig. 103. — Female and Male 

 Lackey Moths. 



moth is about an inch and a quarter in expanse of wing, and 

 brownish-red in colour, with a pale stripe on each wing : some- 

 times the stripe is darker than the ground-colour of the wing. 



