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The soldier moth, Callimorpha lecontei , is a common species to be 
found among rank grass or bushes near brooks or swamps in June 
and July. When disturbed it flies a short distance and quickly 
Callimorpha lecontei. 
hides away among the grass or shrubs. This insect is rarely seen 
singly, and often while walking among the grass of low land I have 
started half-a-dozen of these moths from,, their hiding places. The 
wings are creamy white marked with dark brown, the head is yellow¬ 
ish, and a brown stripe extends down the back, the rest of the body 
being creamy white. In some specimens the brown markings of the 
fore wings cover nearly the whole surface, leaving but a few white 
patches. The larvae are thinly clothed with hairs, and are brown in 
color with yellow stripes. They are niglit-feeders on herbaceous 
plants, hiding by day. 
Hypoprepia miniata. 
A beautiful little moth which sometimes comes to the lamp of 
the collector is the striped footman, Hypoprepia miniata. It is 
deep scarlet with three dull brown stripes running lengthwise of the 
upper wings and a broad border of the same color along the margin 
of the lower wings. The dark brown spiny larva feeds upon lichens, 
and makes a thin silken cocoon. The moth appears early in June. 
