Wt§ OHDCJl LEPIIKirTtRA. 



trti pAtrh. Tlir |>o«trri<>r wing i» lunrkcd l>> a n>uDd spot with a jellow rrntrr, below 

 which there U a iliAtiiu-t trnusvente browu Uaud : the b«e is alto markctl nith four 

 itnirMlt-ih ft|>utJt, or which a|>|>i-ar lu have U-oiuie conllucut. 



I.iiutioa »tK»AciL yt-llow, ^llrlllkUti witli cli'iisatc liois as at>uvr. rpi-i-r wings marked 

 Willi tnu nrnod !>)>o(A, the siualU-r uliove the other : aiitcri»r uargiu bordcrnl «ilh 

 hpiurn half lit IriiKth ; Kiitt-r niar^iiutl with n lirtnd reddish band, and »ciillo] prtl 

 iilMUi il.4 interior uinr^^in. The |M>Atcrior wings are marked with a Mngle crnttal s] ot, 

 Inirdrred uiili {luridish brown. 

 The mule t'X|«ands nearly live iuchrs, and the ftniale iix inches. 

 The »|i«ciea U Mid tu bre«-d twice in the year : its caterpillar feeds upon the bnttoBwood 



(Phlanui ofcidrttlalu^Lissjuih), iiuk, and sneetKuni. The caterpillar is greenidh, tawnj 



green or orange green : Uniy ^pinuus, hairy, and the Mcuud and third Mgiueuts atnud 



with two |>air of short rugose horns. 



Almost every season, I have seen a few specimens of the Dryocampa : it Is, however, 



• rare insect iu the viciuily of Albany, or in the western part of .Vlasbachusctts. 



^^^ Harris has removed the foregoing 5])ecles fn»m the (Jenns Cr.BATorAMrA, where he 

 had placed it in his Catalogue of the Insects of Massaclmsells ; and refers it, though with 

 some hesitation, to the Genus Drvocampa'. 



Lasiocampadae. 



Tirr caterpillars of this family nrc hatched from ej;gs glued into a gummy substance 

 insoluble in water : the substance entirely surrounds a small limb, formins thus a thick 

 pMtul>enince, in which are contained some three or four hundred eggs. These eggs are 

 hatched as early as April or the U-ginning of May, or with the development of the leaves. 

 They immcdiutel) spin from their mouths a tent like a spider's web, into which they retire 

 at midday and evening, and where they remain until the sun has warmed the air the next 

 morning. 



The caterpillars are sparingly hairy, and free from warts : they are social in their habits, 

 and congregate by hundred-* in th<ir iiui>ervious tents. They travel wilhc'insiderablcsj^eed. 



The moths are woolly, and their wings are without hofiks ; but the anterior edge of the 

 hindwings is turned up, and lops upon the forewings ; and when at rest, they are inclined 

 and cover the back of the insect like a steep roof. The under wings project beyond the 

 upper, when closed upon the bwly. The moth flies only by night. 



The lariocampians are amone the most injurious ins«'cts the farmer has to contend with : 

 they are. however, easily managed, and only require attention and industry when they fir>t 



■ a^wta : Iii}«rig«* lawu of HsiMcbaMtU. p soe. H t^iam 



