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 



(V'v^. 274). Within this tube 



there lives a bright green larva, 



witli the head and thoracic shield 



black. This larva resembles cer- 



FiG. 275. — Pantographa li})iata. 



tain Tortricid larvae, both in ap- 

 pearance and habits ; but a study 

 of the adult shows it to be a Py- 



FiG.274.-Nestoflaryaof/'^.2/^,-r«/^«l-ali(j^ J]^e moth CXpauds 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 hyalinata (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 



