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The Moths and Butterflies 
is pale yellowish green and is striped with many fine longitudinal lines 
alternating lighter and darker than the ground-color. There are two horns 
on the second thoracic segment, and dorsal spines on the eighth and ninth 
abdominal segments. 
A . virginiensis is purplish red or brown, and the wings are nearly trans- 
Fig. 614. Fig. 615. 
Fig. 614. —The orange-striped oak-worm moth, Anisota senatoria , male. (After Lugger; 
natural size.) 
Fig. 615.—The orange-striped oak-worm moth, Anisota senatoria, female. (After 
Lugger; natural size.) 
parent in the center; the larva, found on oak, is grayish or greenish with 
brownish-yellow or rosy stripes and with small white warty processes all over 
the skin; A. stigma , expanse 2 inches, is light ocherous brown with many 
blackish dots; its bright tawny or orange caterpillar has long spines on 
