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“Pale blue tinged with ashy greenish low down on the sides, and 
every where sprinkled over with black points and dots. Along the 
middle of the back is a row of white spots and on each side of these 
an orange yellow or tawny reddish stripe, and a paler cream yellow 
stripe lower down on each side, these stripes and spots being 
margined with black; and each segment has two elevated black 
points upon the back, from each of which arise four or more coarse 
black hairs. The back is clothed with numerous fine fox colored 
hairs and low down on each side are numerous coarser whitish 
ones. The head is of a dark bluish color freckled with numerous 
black dots and clothed with short blackish and fox colored hairs. 
The legs and pro-legs are black and clothed with short whitish 
hairs.” 
It feeds on Oak, Apple, Plum, Peach, Cherry, Walnut, Hickory, 
The caterpillar is of a clear 
apple-green color inclining to 
yellowish above and bluish 
below. Each segment with 
six vermillion - red tubercles 
having a pearl or silvery re¬ 
flection and with several yel¬ 
lowish bristles rising from 
them. The whole body is 
sparsely clothed with yellowish 
hairs. A longitudinal sub- 
stigmatal yellow line on each 
side from 1st to 10th segment 
and transverse yellow lines 
on the posterior edges of seg¬ 
ments 4 to 10 inclusive. 
Fig. 37 .—Actias lima. Larva. Spiracles, deep reddish brown. 
At the posterior extremity of the body are three brown spots edged 
with yellow. Head bluish green, with shades of brown above and' 
on the sides. True legs brown, with yellow at the base; pro-legs 
brown, with a black line on the outerside. Length when extended, 
three inches or more. 
It feeds principally on the Hickory and Walnut, but is found on 
the Sweet Gum, Beach, Birch, Willow, Plum and Persimmon. 
Jtiose, Poplar, Ash and Walnut. 
Actias luna, Linn. 
Attacus (Telea) polyphemus, Linn. 
When full grown the large fleshy larva of this species is from 
three to three and a half inches in length, of an apple green color, 
marked with bright colored tubercles and abbreviated lines. On 
each segment there are six bright orange tubercles which reflect 
silvery and purplish hues; the sub-dorsal and stigmatal are con¬ 
nected by little sulphur-yellow oblique bands; each dorsal one gives 
rise to two or three straw-colored bristles. The front margin of the 
first segment is sulphur-yellow, with a band of slate color between 
