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are found in North America, include a few strikingly patterned moths not at 
all uncommon. The moth known as the eight-spotted forester, Alypia octo- 
maculata (PL VIII, Fig. 5; also Fig. 590), is common in the Atlantic states; 
Fig. 590.—Three eight-spotted forest-moths, Alypia 8 -maculata, and one beautiful wood- 
nymph, Eudryas grata (the lowest). (After Lugger; natural size.) 
it expands about 1 \ inches, has deep blue-black wings, with two large sub- 
circular whitish-yellow spots on each wing, the spot nearest the base on 
the hind wing being much larger than the outer one. The patagia (shoulder- 
lappets) are often yellow and the legs marked with orange. The larvae, 
