79 OKDLH (uteoiTCRA. 



Akeoiia UAHiatRA. ( Flnlr x, fi^. 4.) 



Lar^r, gxlilrn ylluw nn>\ Immnrulate : sritli'lltttii aiiil (homx f^ivr a gn-4 ii n-flr\iun, 



bni")!)' In rcrlain llHhlit Kl) trn trtriilnalcfl l>y a ruuD(i(-«l rldgr, Icrniitialiti^ in a pn> 



ruliu'iirc tM-hlml, iirn<M>ly linir<-<i Uiu-Alh. 

 It 1« ••»•- of Ihr iii<>!it oiniiiioi) and >HniitiriU lKt*tlr<( tif thin rotintn . It tak«-.t it.H K|>r<-iflr 

 ■Miitr laiiit[era, wrodl-lM-aring, rn>iii the ilrU'>4- wiMilly routing with which itA nlMiomrn ami 

 part^ iM-nontli an< 5up))lic«l : It is also rall(-«l the goldsmith heitli, fn'Ui it» iM-nutiftil color 

 •bovi* ; though IIiIa nnmr is likrwi!«c ajiiilied t» the Gymnttii ni/ida, which b about thr 

 ■anic »i/4-,MUil of a grt<«-ni>h colur niurgi nod anil varii-d with fulvous. It may be nctfrnizrd 

 by wnnliht; iIm- triungulur scutciluni at the inner l>u>c uf the dylrn, thi;* |M>rlion having 

 Du op|>»ii-ut Juurturc with the |in>lhurux. 



The .Irrviht i> :ilM>ut nine-tiMlli^ of iiu inrh long, l>n>udo\al in .shajx-iofa Knion-yellow 

 Oulur above, burnished like gi<ld mi the t p of the head and thorax : the utider>ide of ihr 

 bodyU ro]>|H*r colored, and thickly covered wilh whitish wo<j1 ; uud the legs ar<- bn>wnisb 

 yellow, or l>r.issy, shaded witli grecu. 



'Thtiw line U-etles ln-gin to appear in MnssjirhuM-tts aI>out the middle of May, and 

 oontinur generally till the twentieth of June. In the morning and evening twilight thry 

 frime forth from their retreals, and tij nl>out with n humming and rustling s<iuiid nmnng 

 the linmclurs of tn-et, the tender leaver i»f whirh they devour. I'ear-treiex arc ]>articularly 

 ral^ect to their attaek;) ; but the elm, hickory, |Niplar, oak, and prolably nlyi other kind.* 

 of trr<-s are frnjuented ami injured by ihi m. During the middle of the day they nmuin 

 at rvst U|Nin the tree.*, clinging to the umlerside of the leaven ; and entleavor to conceal 

 theaiM-lves by drawing two or three leaves together, luid holding them in (his |H>sitioD 

 with their long une<iual claws. In some seasons they occur In pn>ftision, ami then may be 

 obtained in gnat iiuanlities by shaking the young trees on which they are Knlged in the 

 daytime, as they do not attempt to fly when thu-* dislurbe<l,but fall at once to the gn'und. 

 The larvie "f then' ins«*cts an- not known : pnOmbly they live in the ground, Upon the 

 ro«>ts of plants.' Harris's KejMirt, p. '2'2 -3. 



Tliix iUMTt s^^ein-. Ill l>e loral in its distribution, ns it <K-curs plentifully iu the public 

 squares of Fhilndelphia, whilst it is rare in the interior of Pennsylvania. 



I'r.i.inNoTA prNCTATA. ( I'late .\, flg. 6.) 



Large, fuscous bMwn and uiiifi>rin : heail greenish U-hind, extending along the sides. 

 Sides of the insert marked with four black sixit*, one upon the thorax, and three 

 u|M>n the I'lyira and standing in a line; Ikeneath, the color is green, glossy or sub- 

 metallic The rings of the alKlonu-n are ir.arked each with a single n-w of punrtuns 

 The P. fiunclnt,i is a fine lM'«'tle, with elytra <'f a pale brown or tile-cob r. and nuirked 

 as devribil above : the thorax Is ilarker than the elytra; beneath, the UhIv i« It --\ 

 gnvtu Th<y fly by flay, ami fwtl almo-t ixclusixely on the leuv«>9 of the gra|H',iUKl !■• iji. 



