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HAPLOA. 



Clymene Brown. Very rare. June and July. 

 Lecontci Our. Very rare. July. 



UTETHEISA. 



Bella Linn. Rare in this locality. July. 



CYCNIA. 



Tenera Hubn. Not common. July. 



Oregonensis. Not common. July. The larvre are small yellowish 

 white bears and feed on dog bane. 



l-'^lc Dru. Common. June. Larva: on milkweed. 



HALISIDOTA. 



Tessellaris A. and S. Common. June. Larva; on apple, quince, etc. ' 



Maculata Harr. Rarer than the other two species. June and July. 

 The bright yellow, black tufted larvae are found on alder and ash. ^ 



Carycs Harr. Common. June. The white, black-tufted larvae are 

 found on a number of fruit and shade trees ; they are gregarious during 

 the early stages, but when half grown wander about singly like the tent 

 caterpillar. 



ECPANTHERIA. 



Ocularia Fabr. Very rare. The large black hairy larva.- are seen cross- 

 ing highways in the late fall, like that of P. Isabella. 



ESTIGMENE. 



Acrcea Dru. Common. Larvae feed on a variety of plants, and the 

 moth is on the wing in May, June and July. 



HYPHANTRIA. 



Cunea Dru. Common. May and June. The larvae feed on several 

 kinds of fruit trees, but aside from disfiguring the trees for the time, they 

 do little damage, as they get in their work so late in the fall that the leaves 

 are nearly ripe. 



PYRRHARCTIA. 



Isabella A. and S. Common. Last of May and through June. The 

 larvae are the common reddish brown and black bears that are seen hurry- 

 ing across the highways on warm Indian summer days late in fall, looking 

 f >r a place to pass the winter. 



PHRAGMATOBIA. 



Fuli^inosa Linn. Not common. May. Hibernating larva; are 1.25 

 inches long, color black, thickly covered with rather short still bristles 

 which spread in all directions so as to nearly conceal the body color. 

 The bristles vary in color in different specimens from reddish brown to 

 foxy yellow, with the first three segments much darker, nearly black, 

 especially on the sides. Others are a dirty yellow buff all over with no 

 dark shade on the first three segments. The bristles are nearly of ,i 

 length, and look as though sheared, much the same as the larva -of l\i / 



