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towards the end of June or the beginning of July. Mr. Ab- 

 bot* states that in Georgia these insects breed twice a year, 

 the first broods making their cocoons towards the end of May, 

 and appearing in the winged form fifteen days afterwards. 

 This Notodonta is a neat and trim looking moth, and is hence 

 called concinna by Sir J. E. Smith. It is of a light brown 

 color; the fore wings are dark brown along the inner margin, 

 and more or less tinged with gray before ; there is a dark 

 brown dot near the middle, a spot of the same color near each 

 angle, a very small triangular whitish spot near the shoulders, 

 and several dark brown longitudinal streaks on the outer hind 

 margin ; the hind wings of the male are brownish or dirty 

 white, with a brown spot on the inner hind angle ; those of 

 the other sex are dusky brown ; the body is light brown, with 

 the thorax rather darker. The wings expand from one inch 

 to one inch and three eighths. 



Every person who has paid any attention to the cultivation 

 of the grape-vine in this country must have observed upon it, 

 besides the large sphinx caterpillars that devour its leaves, a 

 small blue caterpillar transversly banded with deep orange 

 across the middle of each ring, the bands being dotted with 

 black, with the head and feet also orange, the top of the elev- 

 enth ring somewhat bulging, and the fore part of the body 

 hunched up when the creature is at rest. These caterpillars 

 begin to appear about the middle of July, and others are 

 hatched afterwards, as late, perhaps, as the middle of August. 

 When not eating they generally rest upon the under sides of 

 the leaves, and, though many may be found on one vine, they 

 do not associate with each other. They live on the common 

 creeper as well as on the grape-vine. They eat all parts of 

 the leaves, even to the midrib and stalks. When fully grown, 

 and at rest, they measure an inch and a quarter, but stretch 

 out, in creeping, to the h^igth of an inch and a half, or more. 

 Towards the end of August they begin to disappear, and no 

 more will be found on the vines after September. They creep 

 down the vines in the night, and go into the ground, burying 



* "Insects of Georgia," p. 1G9, pi. 85. 



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