232 BIOLOGICAL sriiVKY OF 



Phalaenidae 



Colocasia Ochsenheimer 



C. flavicorms Sin. (1122). Bar Harbor, July 2 (Br.). 

 C. propinquilinka (lit. (1123). I >a i Harbor, June 1 7— July 

 10 (Br.). 



Panthka Hubner 



P. acronyctoides Wlk. (1125). Bar Harbor, June 24 (Br.). 

 P. furcilla Pack. (1130). Common in July. The larva feeds 

 on larch and pine. 



Charadka Walker 



C deridens Guen. (1135). Bar Harbor, June 14- July 27. 

 (Br.) ; Penikese at light, June 2-30. The caterpillar makes 

 a case for itself by drawing two leaves together with strands 

 of silk. 



Eaphia Hubner 



R. abrupta Grt. (1140). July 20 (Br.). 



R. frater Grt. (1141). Generally distributed from middle 



of July-Aug. 1. The curious larva feeds on poplar and 



willow. 



Acronicta Ochsenheimer 



A. Americana Harr. (1148). The American Dagger Moth. 

 The caterpillar feeds upon many kinds of deciduous trees 

 which no doubt accounts for its being found almost every- 

 where east of the Rockies. Corfield at light, July 30; Bar 

 Harbor, July 20. 



A. dactylina Grt. (1151). Corfield and Penikese at light. 

 Bar Harbor; X. E. Harbor; S. W. Harbor; July 16-28. The 

 larva feeds on alder, birch and willow. 



A. lepusculina Gn. (1153). Bar Harbor, July 1-27 (Br.). 



A. lepusculina Gn.var. (1153). Bar Harbor, June 27 (Br.). 



A. leporixa vri.i'iXA (Jit. (1154a). Bar Harbor, July 20- 

 Aug. S. Rare. 



