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THE SAVAGE WORLD. 
The Blood Drop ( Tygena lonicerce) belongs to tropical climates. The 
tygencs resemble the bee-moths. They are day-fliers, and as their cocoons are put 
under ground, they cover them with a varnish as a protection against dampness. 
Green Leaf ( Geometra papilionaria) is of great size and of equal destruc- 
spinning moth (Liparis dispar). night hawk (Saturnia pavonia). 
tiveness. Its common name is the measuring-worm , and hence it has been 
named the geometer, or surveyor. 
The Apple Winder ( Carpo-capsa pomonana ) occurs wherever there are 
apple orchards. The egg- is laid in the undeveloped blossom, and the young 
caterpillars eat out the substance of 
the fruit before it matures. 
The Brown Bear ( Antia capa ) is 
beautiful in form, and in appearance 
resembles the brown bear. The cat¬ 
erpillar is black-haired, and looks like 
a hearth broom. The moth has brown 
fore wings, irregularly marked with 
broad white lines, and the hind wings 
are a lighter brown, having a map 
of Africa about the centre, and three 
large black eyes in the margin. 
The Linden ( Smerinthas telice ) is 
common to elms and horse-chestnuts. 
Its upper wings are a grayish-green, 
banded; its banded thorax is gray. 
The Death’s-Head (. Acherontia 
atropos) is found in Europe, Asia and Africa. It is from four to five inches in 
length, brown fore wings ; hind wings yellow, banded with black. It feeds upon 
the tomato, potato, and similar vegetables. It has a skull-like mark on the thorax, 
and in flying emits a sound, whence it is regarded with superstitions veneration. 
Oak Leaf ( Tortrix viridana) is green in color, and lays its eggs upon 
