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Family AGARISTID^S. 



Medium sized moths, with black, contrastingly white spotted or red- 

 banded wings, the antennae slender, of equal thickness throughout or 

 somewhat enlarged toward the tip. The caterpillars are curiously banded 

 with red, brown and gray and feed on grape. 



ALYPIA Hbn. 



A. octomaculata Fab. Common in 

 cities and large towns in June 

 and July. The larva feeds on 

 grape and is sometimes destruc- 

 tive on garden vines, but rarely 

 occurs in the open country, where 

 it also feeds on Virginia creeper. 

 It succumbs readily to any of the 

 arsenites. There is considerable 

 variation and some of the forms 

 bear a deceptive resemblance to 

 the western "langtonii." 



PSYCHOMORPHA Harr. 



Fig. 184. Alypia octomaculata; a, larva; 



b, an enlarged segment; 



c, adult. 



P. epimensis Dru. Hopatcong (Bt) ; 

 Paterson IV, 25 (Gr) ; Newark 

 (Soc) ; Elizabeth, Plainfield, IV, larva on wild grape only (Bz) ; Staten 

 Island IV (Ds). I have found the larva at Irvington, webbing up the 

 leaves of grape in June, but never in numbers sufficient to be 

 injurious. The adults always in June. 



Family PANTHEID^E. 



The members of this family resemble the owlet moths, but the thorax is 

 shorter, more square, and the head is somewhat retracted. They have 

 similar habits, however, and the larvae are not unlike those of some of 

 the "Acronycta" series. The chief characters used in their separation are 

 found in details of the wing venation. None of the species are injurious, 

 and none of them are commonly found even by collectors. 



PANTHEA Hbn. 



P. furcilla Pack. Larva IX, 1, at Little Falls (Gr) ; Lakehurst IX, 3, one 

 specimen (Bz) ; Brown's Mills VI, 14 (Dke). Feeds on larch and pine. 



DEMAS Steph. 



D. propinquilinea Grt. Ramsey VI, 17 (Sleight). The larva on birch, 

 walnut, maple, oak and beech. 



