Cossidse 
Larva. Smooth, with a few hairs; internal feeders, boring 
galleries in wood or the pith of reeds, etc., and often doing con¬ 
siderable damage. 
Pupa in a cocoon formed of silk and chips of wood.” 
Six genera are recognized as occurring within our fauna. 
Genus ZEUZERA Latreille 
(i) Zeuzera pyrina Linnaeus, Plate IX, Fig. 9, &. (The 
Leopard-moth.) 
Syn. hypocastrina Poda; cesculi Linnaeus; hilaris Fourcroy; decipiens Kirby. 
This insect is a native of the Old World, but has within recent 
years become introduced and acclimated on Long Island, and has 
Fig. 212. —The Leopard-moth, a , dorsal view of larva; b, lateral view of do. ; 
c, male; d, female; e , burrow in wood made by larva. (After Pike, “Insect Life,” 
Vol. IV, p. 317.) 
multiplied to a great extent in the environs of the city of Brooklyn. 
It has already inflicted much damage upon trees, and, apparently 
being firmly established, is destined to work still greater injury. 
It is a promiscuous feeder, but evinces a particular fondness for 
elms and maples. 
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