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mil i;n)\vn is alxnit ', inch lonij^. It is oval in sliape, closely appressed to 

 the leaf, greenish and variably marked with red and pale orani^e, the latter 

 forming' a pair of subdorsal stri|)es, in the course of which there may be 

 bright red blotches. Tubercles siiort and bearing numerous short spines. 

 This interesting caterpillar occurs on oak, chestnut, bayberry, Andromeda, 

 beech, sour gum, wild clierry and probably other deciduous trees. 



The life historv of tiiis grou]:) has been the subject of careful and 

 painstaking study b\- l)r I)\ar, and those interested will tind his biologic 

 and bibliogTa]ihic accounts given below of extreme value. 



Bibliography 

 1S95 Dyar, H. G. X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 3: 151-57 [.\])oda y-invcrsa Pack.] 



1896 N, \'. I'.nt. Soc. Jour. 4:1-9 [S lb i n e stimulca Clem.]; ]>. 167-90 



['1' o r t r i c i d i a j) a 11 i d a Her.-Sch., E u 1 i m a c o d e s sea p h a I larr., 

 P h o b e t r o n p i t h e c i u m Sni. & Ablx, Sisyrosea text u la Her.- 

 Sch.] 



1897 X. ^■. Enl. Soc. Jour. 5:1-14 [T o r t r i c i d i a fasciola Her.-Sch., 



Adoneta spinuloides Her.-Sch., FL u c 1 e a i n d e t e r 111 i n a 

 Boisd., I'arasa c h 1 o r i .s Her.-Sch,]; p. 57-66 [Euclea delphinii 

 Boisd.J; p. 167-70 [.\ p o d a b i ;,' u t t a t a Pack.] 



1898 X. V. Ent. Soc. Jour. 6: 1-9 [ P a c k a r d i a g e m i n a t a Pack., P. e 1 e g a n s 



Pack.|: ]i. 94-98 [Heterogenea f 1 e .\ u o s a (irote]; p. 241-46 

 [Heterogenea shurtleffii Pack.]; ji. i = i- = 8 [T o r t r i <• i d i a 

 testacea Pack.] 



1899 X. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 7:61-67 [Xatada nasoni Grotc]; p. 234-53 



[Table of larvae, generic revision] 



Crinkled flannel moth 

 Lagoa crispata Pack. 

 A peculiar larva about i inch long, thickly covered with long mjuse-gray and fawn- 

 colored hairs, occurs on the foliage of various trees in Sejjtember and October. 



This species is an interesting form because the larva possesses 14 

 abdominal legs and is very similar in haliit to the allied slug caterpillars, 

 and like some of them, may intlict a severe sting. The larva rests flat 

 on the surface and appears for all the world like a bunch of hairs. It has 



