206 Catalogue of Lepidoptera with their Food-plants. 



Platarctia parthenos, Harr. Food ; lettuce and other low plants. Rare. 



Arctia virgo, L. Food; lettuce, plantain, etc. Not common. 



Arctia phyllira, Dr. Rare. 



Arctia virguncula, Kby. Food ; Polygonum. Rare. 



Arctia nais, Dr. Food ; strawberry, clover, Polygonum, Lepidium, and various 



grasses. Common. 

 Arctia decorata, Saund. Food ; various species of grasses and other low 



plants. 

 Arctia arge, Dr. Food ; corn, goosefoot {Chenopodium) , Plantago, Polygonum, 



and (Enothera biennis. Common. 

 Arctia persephone, Gr. Rare. 

 Phyrrarctia isabella, A. & S. Food ; clover, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, 



grass, etc. ('ommon. 

 Phragmatobia rubricosa, Harr. Food ; iron-weed {Vernonia noveboracensis), 



gulden-rod {^olidugo), Eupatorium. Common. 

 Leucarctia acraea, Dr. Food ; clover, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, Ambrosia, 



Lappa, Melilotus, etc. Common. 

 Spilosoma virginica, Fab. Food ; cabbage, beets, peas, burdock, Poly- 



(jonum, and a variety of other plants. Common. 

 Spilosoma latipennis, Stretch. Scarce. Taken by me in Fordham, N. Y. 

 Spilosoma congrua, Walk, Scarce. Taken at Parkville, L. I., and West 



Farms, N. Y., by me, feeding in mushrooms. 

 Hyphantria cunea, Dr. 

 var. textor, Har. 

 var. punctata, Fitch. 



Food ; clover, apple, pear, cherry, elm, walnut, hickory, hornbeam, 



oak, basswood, willow, ash, boxwood, alder, locust, lilac, beech, etc. etc. 



Common. 

 Euchaetes egle, Dr. Food; various species of milkweed (-^sc/ep/as). Common. 

 Eucheetes collaris, Fitch. Food ; dogsbane (Apocynum). Common. 

 Ecpautheria scribonia, Stoll. Food ; sunflower, willow, locust, Plantago, 



etc. Scarce. 

 Halesidota tessellata, A. & S. Food ; platanus, elm, hornbeam, oak, 



hazel, maple, huckleberry, beech, basswood, .June-berry, locust, witch- 

 hazel, hickory, walnut, ash, and willow. Common. 

 Halesidota caryae, Harr. Food ; elm, ash, walnut, hickory, willow, apple, 



etc. Common. 

 Orgyia leucostigma, A. & S. Food ; oak, chestnut, hazel, beech, elm, 



maple, sweet-gum, tulip-tree, cherry, apple, pear, plum, rose, June- 



herry, horse-chestnut, willow, poplar, platanus, basswood, locust, 



walnut, hickory, fir, spruce, larch, cypress, etc. etc. Common. 

 Parorgyia leucopheea, A. & S. Food; persimmon and oak. Rare. Taken 



by Mr. 15. NeuuKjegen, at Morris Plains, N. J. 

 Parorgyia Clintonii, (t. & R. Food; oak. Rare. 

 Parorgyia achatina, A. & S. Food ; oak. Rare. 

 Parorgyia parallela, G. & R. Food ; oak, apple, plum, crab-apple, and 



liurse-cbestuut. Not common. 



