Ceratocampidae 
(2) Anisota virginiensis Drury, Plate VIII, Fig. 9, $ ; Fig. 
10, $ . (The Virginian Anisota.) 
Syn. astymone Olivier; pellucida Herrich-Schaeffer. 
The male insect has the fore wings almost transparent about 
the middle, as is the case with Anisota senatoria, as has already 
been pointed out, but the female is not heavily spotted, as is the 
case in that species. The caterpillar feeds upon oaks. The moth 
has the same geographical distribution as the preceding species. 
(3) Anisota rubicunda Fabricius, Plate VIII, Fig. 11, $ . 
(The Rosy Maple-moth.) 
The larva of this beautiful moth feeds commonly upon the 
silver-maple, which in many of our western cities has been 
extensively planted as a shade-tree. The depredations it commits 
upon the foliage have subjected it to the indignation of arbori¬ 
culturists. It was 
formerly very com¬ 
mon in the city of 
Pittsburgh, but for 
many years past it 
has almost entirely 
disappeared, so that 
it is now regarded as 
a rather rare insect by 
local collectors. The 
disappearance of the 
moth is due no doubt 
to the combined influ¬ 
ence of the electric 
lights, which annually 
destroy millions of 
insects, which are attracted to them, and to gas-wells, and 
furnaces, which lick up in their constantly burning flames other 
millions of insects. Perhaps the English sparrow has also had a 
part in the work of extermination. In Kansas the insect is very 
common. I recently saw in the city of Atchison numerous 
maples, which had almost been stripped of their leaves by these 
larvse. The range of the insect is practically the same as that of 
the other species of the genus. 
Fig. 46. —Anisota rubicunda. a. larva; b. 
pupa; c. female moth. (After Riley.) 
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