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Catocala neogama, Gue. 
Fore 5S5lr,1S» "'"“TOi *Mon.o brown, 
brown in its lower ^'Y Y 8 *° f 
ssttss 
F^nnnconrf • \ a tocala neogama, Abb. & Sm. 
yellow* color^of V fore S wim«i lnches ' .J h ? rax gray, abdomen brownish 
brown’varying in disUncfneS'in JiY T" S - hades ’ “"kings dark 
%*STV- ’b*“™ nffils! 
apical spot 1 yK.^d^We^dtoS 6 the* apex'^tishf^ 
wings crossed bv three nnri u- J’ • a P ex grayish, the fore 
bands. 7 ’ nd the hlnd wln S s b y two irregular black 
PHALoENID^E.—Span or Measuring Worm Moths. 
isaS 5 f &&£'?■ iKurffij? 
s lh ;.Srr,;",?ri i, v“ »»»%pss: 
»™ ItaSn ¥hrl”' , !i‘ L \" “ T *» b y „i„« t.iiCSd 
body the! 1 Thus from the absence of legs in the middle of the 
name Geometrid or M & ^ ar S} len " a bi n S> whence the common 
sll v w ?i? i d Measuring Worms. If disturbed they will gener- 
a e y o ten cXd nro Wn by VJ? ken thread ’ for which reason they 
bv mil n k Drop-worms. When at rest many attach themselves 
out “might and YY 6gS t0 - a .*»*« or leafstalk and hold the body 
vice in nroteeth.^ ti 1011 6 f’ ml “ I( ! ln g a st em or twig which is of ser- 
rmi rr P Meeting them from their enemies. In pupating they are 
b n l * r | !f °rm, some changing into chrysalids in the ground some form- 
fer n ln i le 7, e -1 l0 T el y fastened together, and a“cord™g 
ar» lfi 5 ’ f ? e are na . ked llke the butterflies. The following sriecies 
i ^ y o be met with as injurious in different parts of the state : 
