. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. mmum i,k!^ij'y. 1322 THE RUTTEIU'LIKS OF NEW E\(;LAND. Pniniis serotina Elirlmrt, iinil ^Slr. Kilcy lias taken it on the peach, Pninus pevfiea, and tlie choke cherry, I'iriis arhutifbha, in Missouri, all l{osaceae. Ik-tiides these polypetahjUf phmts it Ims been found in one or two instances upon ganiopctalous phmts such as the hhic, Syringa vul- garis, one of the Oleaceae, and also in a single instance l»y Mr. Riley on sweet potat(., Iji
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. mmum i,k!^ij'y. 1322 THE RUTTEIU'LIKS OF NEW E\(;LAND. Pniniis serotina Elirlmrt, iinil ^Slr. Kilcy lias taken it on the peach, Pninus pevfiea, and tlie choke cherry, I'iriis arhutifbha, in Missouri, all l{osaceae. Ik-tiides these polypetahjUf phmts it Ims been found in one or two instances upon ganiopctalous phmts such as the hhic, Syringa vul- garis, one of the Oleaceae, and also in a single instance l»y Mr. Riley on sweet potat(., IjionKxa hatiitas, one of the Conv(»lvulaceac, hut he himself doubts wliether it feeds upon that plant. Tiic most remarkable of all, liowever. is, according to Kilcv, its capture by Mr. Monellin Missouri upon Jiniipcrus sabiniana. a coniferous tree. Habits and habitation of the caterpillar. When it first comes from the egg the yoimg larva, after devouring its egg shell, bits a channel down one sidi' of the loaf on which it was l)orn, al)out a centimetre or a centi- metre and a half from the tip, straight or a little obliquely to the midrib, then folds over the Hap thus obtained upon the upper surface of the opposite side and lives in the depth of tlie concealment thus formed (82:5) ; no silken threads fasten tiie edges ti)gether.* yet the edge of the flap is pressed firmly upon the opposite side, solely by the repeated crossings next the midrib of transverse strands of silk, so as to form a dense, glistening, whitish carjiet covering a width of about seven millimetres, but thickest in the mid- dle and extending the whole length of the enclosure made. If forced open by liand, tlie flap at once regains its former position when freed, showing the tenseness of the silken strain. The deepest part of the uest is some- what cylindrical, so that an opening of about three millimetres in diameter is found at the end away from the tip of the leaf, through which the larva finds ample room t
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