As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ smooth, naked caterpillars, green in color, with oblique lightstripes along the sides, and supplied with a sharp curved horn on thetop of the next to the last segment. In some species this caudal 140 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. horn is to be found only in the young caterpillars, an eye-like tuber-cle taking its place in the more mature larva. That this horn is ofany use to the caterpillar I liave jet to learn. I
As nature shows them; moths and butterflies of the United States, east of the Rocky mountainsWith over 400 photographic illustrations in the text and many transfers of species from life . ^ smooth, naked caterpillars, green in color, with oblique lightstripes along the sides, and supplied with a sharp curved horn on thetop of the next to the last segment. In some species this caudal 140 MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. horn is to be found only in the young caterpillars, an eye-like tuber-cle taking its place in the more mature larva. That this horn is ofany use to the caterpillar I liave jet to learn. It may be the sur-vival from its ancestors of a sting; but if such is the case it hasentirely lost its value as a weapon of defence. The transformationsusually take place a few inches beneath the surface of the few species make rude cocoons by drawing about themselvesleaves and twigs on tlie ground under their food plant, and fastening.
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