LEPIDOPTERA. 



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The Bass-wood Leaf-roller, Pantographa limata (Pan- 

 tog'ra-pha li-ma'ta). — Our bass-wood trees often present a 



strange ap- 



pearance 



from the fact 



that nearly 



every leaf is 



cut more than 



half way 



across the 



middle, and 



the end rolled 



into a tube 



(Fig. 274). Within this tube 



there lives a bright green larva, 



with the head and thoracic shield 



black. This larva resembles cer- 



FiG. &74-— Nest of larva of Pantographa ralid 

 limata. 



Fig. 275. — Pantographa limata. 



tain Tortricid larvae, both in ap- 

 pearance and habits; but a study 

 of the adult shows it to be a Py- 

 The moth expands about 

 one and one half inches ; it is 

 straw-colored, with many elaborate markings of olive with 

 a purplish iridescence (Fig. 275). There is one brood a 

 year ; the winter is passed in the larval state. 



The Melon-worm, Margaronia Jiyalinata (Mar-ga-ro'ni-a 

 hy-a-li-na'ta). — This beautiful moth (Fig. 276) is often a 

 serious pest in our southern states, where the larva is very 



