The Modest moth has a wing sweep in large females of from five and
one-half to six inches. In my territory they are very rare,
only a few caterpillars and one moth have fallen to me. This can
be accounted for by the fact that the favourite food tree of the
caterpillar is so scarce, for some reason having become almost
extinct, except in a few cases where they are used for shade.
The eggs are a greyish green, and have the pearly appearance of
almost all moth eggs. On account of white granules, the caterpillar
cannot fail to be identified. The moths in their beautiful soft
colouring are well worth search and study. They are as exquisitely
shaded as any, and of a richness difficult to describe.
CHAPTER XIV The Pride of the Lilacs: Attacus Promethea
So far as the arrangement ofthe subjects of this book in family
groupings is concerned, any chapter might come first or last. It
is frankly announced as the book of the Nature Lover, and as such
is put together in the form that appears to me easiest to comprehend
and most satisfying to examine.
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