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London purple, destroying the infested cucurbits, and destruction of the 

 eggs, 133. 



EUDiOPTis HYALINATA, the Melon Caterpillar 134 



Bibliojiraphy and Synonymy, 134. Injurious to melons in Southern 

 and Western States, 135. Kavages in Georgia, 135. Features of its 

 attack, 135. Crops wholly destroyed, 136. Its feeding habits, 136. 

 Its life-period, 136. Number of broods not known, 136. Little 

 known of its life-history, 136. Cucumber aud melon crops ruined 

 in Florida, 136. Destructiveness in Mississippi, 136. Feeds on pump- 

 kins, 136. Descriptions of the larva, pupa, and moth, 136. Illustration 

 of the several stages of the insect, 137. Guen^e's description of the 

 moth, 137. Occurs from Canada to Texas, but more generally in the 

 Southern States, 138. Parasitic and predaceous enemies, 138. Remedies 

 for the pickle worm serviceable for this, 138. From its leaf-feeding habit 

 more easily poisoned, 138. 



Pteaxjsta futilalis, a Dogbane Caterpillar 13S 



Bibliography, 138. Food-plant, 139. The caterpillars inclosed in a web, 

 139. Tbeir general features, 139. The egg«, 139. Manner of feeding 

 of larvse, 139. Gregarious habit, 139. Length of larval stage, 139. 

 Their voracity, 139. Extended destruction of the food plant, 140. 

 Wandering habit of the mature caterpillar, 140. The cocoon, 140. The 

 caterpillar described in its four stages, 140. Delayed pupation within 

 the cocoon, 140. Do they ever pass the winter as larvse ? 140. Where 

 the pupte may be found, 141. When the moths appear, 141. Deposit of 

 the eggs and their hatching, 141. Number of broods uncertain, 141. 

 Are many caterpillars destroyed before pupation? 141. Description of 

 the moth, 141. Attacked by a parasite, 142. 



Mecyna reversalis, the Genista Caterpillar 142 



Bibliography, 142. Feeding on Genista and Cytisus in a greenhouse at 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. An European species has the same food-plants, 142. In 

 Mississippi feeds on lupines, 142. Transformations, 142. Life-period, 

 142. Number of generations, 143. Life of an allied species, 143. De- 

 scription of the mature larva, 143. Figure of the larva, 144. Descrip- 

 tion of the pupa and cocoon, 144. The moth figured and de8cril:>ed, 144. 

 Guen^e's description of the moth, 144. Distribution, 145. Not a par- 

 ticularly injurious insect, 145. Can be controlled at first by hellebore 

 powder or infusion, and later by Paris green, 145. 



Pyralis costaxis, the Clover-Hay Caterpillar 14S 



Bibliography, 145. Identification of the species from Sherwood, N. Y. 

 147. An European insect, 147. Characters of the Pyralidse, 147. Their 



