Fig. 605.—The polyphemus-moth, Telea polyphemus, and cocoon. 
(After Lugger; reduced about one-fourth.) 
each side of the body; each segment bears about six small purplish or rosy- 
tinged pearl tubercles; at the tip of the body are three brown spots edged 
with yellow. It feeds on hickory and walnut, on other forest-trees, and 
Fig. 606.—Larva of polyphemus-moth, Telea polyphemus. 
(After Dickerson; natural size.) 
makes a rather thin but compact cocoon of silk and leaves. 
In the eastern states the Asiatic ailanthus-worm moth, Philosamia 
cynthia , expanse 5 inches, with angulated wings, olive-brown ground-color 
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and exquisite symmetry of curving outlines. It expands 4J inches, and 
ranges over the whole country. The larva is rather like that of the polyphe¬ 
mus-moth, being clear, pale bluish green with a pale-yellowish stripe on 
