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 
(Fig. 274). Within this tube 
there lives a bright green larva, 
with the head and thoracic shield 
black. This larva resembles cer¬ 
Fig. 275. —Pantographa limata . 
tain Tortricid larvse, both in ap¬ 
pearance and habits; but a study 
of the adult shows it to be a Py- 
FiG.274.— Nest of larva of Pantographa ra lid. The moth expands about 
limata . 4 
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 
