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ON SOME OF OUR COMMON INSECTS.: No. 15. THE 10 MOTH—Saturnia (Hyperchiria) 10, Fabr

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. B. Reed
Affiliation:
London, Ont.

Extract

This lovely moth is well worthy a place in the cabinet of the collector, and is always sure to attract notice and admiration. The larva, of which fig. 27 represents a full-grown specimen, is of a most delicate apple or pea green colour, with a broad, dusky white stripe at each side, bordered with liliac on the lower edge. The body is covered with clusters of green bristles, tipped with a black.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1874

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