Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 354
gonal lines. These diagonal lines(Fig. 2) occur in a great many cater-pillars, belonging to the most distinctfamilies of butterflies and moths, pillar of the eyedThey come off just at the same angleas the ribs of leaves, and resemblethem very much in general effect. They occur alsoespecially on… … Hawk-Moth {Smer-inthus ocellatus). 324 A Book of Natural History the contrary, they are very frequent in those specieswhich live on large-leaved plants. It might at first be objected to this view that thereare many cases, as in the Elephant-Hawk-moth, inwhich caterpillars have both. A little…
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