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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 
Fig. 43 *-— Automeris to, larva. tipped with black. 
The Polyphemus-moth, Tclca polyphemus (Te'le-a 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.— Teleapolyphemus, larva. 
without with pink; the fore wings 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. 
