FAMILY NOLID/E 
“ I would bee unwilling to write anything untrue, or uncertaine out of mine 
owne invention; and truth on every part is so deare unto mee, that I will not lie to 
bring any man in love and admiration with God and his works, for God needeth 
not the lies of men. Topsell, writing upon the Unicorn in The Historie of Four- 
footed Beasts. 
This is a small family of quite small moths, which have by 
many authors been associated with the Lithosiidce. They are 
characterized by the presence of ridges and tufts of raised scales 
upon the fore wings. They frequent the trunks of trees, and the 
larvae feed upon lichens growing upon the bark. The caterpillars 
have eight pairs of legs and are thinly clad with minute hairs. 
Four genera occur within the limits with which this book deals. 
Genus CELAMA Walker 
Seven species occurring within our territory are attributed to 
this genus. 
(1) Celama triquetrana Fitch, Plate XIII, Fig. 25, $. 
Syn. trinotata Walker ; sexmaculata Grote. 
The moths may be found in the early spring of the year, sitting 
upon the trunks of trees in the forest. They are easily recognized 
by the three black tufts of raised scales upon the costa of the fore 
wing. 
(2) Celama pustulata Walker, Plate XIII, Fig. 26 
Syn. nigrofasciata Zeller; obaurata Morrison. 
This species, like the preceding, is common in the Appalachian 
subregion. It may be at once distinguished from the former by 
the wide black band running across the middle of the primaries. 
Genus NOLA Leach 
There are three species of the genus found within our fauna. 
We select the commonest for purposes of illustration. 
(1) Nola ovilla Grote, Plate XIII, Fig. 24, &. 
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