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THE STUDY OF INSECTS. 



with spines the prick of which is venomous (Fig. 431). It 



is green, with a broad 

 brown or reddish stripe, 

 edged below with white, 

 ^"^"on each side of the abdo- 

 men. The spines are 



Yio.A^r'-Atitomerisio,\zrj2.. tipped with black. 



The Polyphemus-moth, Telea polyphemiis (Te'lea pol-y- 

 phe'mus). — This is a yellowish or brownish moth with a 

 window-like spot in each wing. There is a gray band on 

 the costal margin of the fore wings ; and near the outer mar- 

 gin of both pairs of wings there is a dusky band, edged 



Fig. 432. — Telea polyphemiis., larva. 



without with pink ; the fore wangs are crossed by a broken 

 dusky or reddish line near the base, edged within with white 

 or pink. The transparent spot on each wing is divided by 

 the discal vein, and encircled by yellow and black rings. 



