IT2 Lloyd's natural history 



the proper time for their sport, wliich is later in Georgia than 

 in Virginia, as is also the appearance of the moth, which is 

 much more abundant in the latter State than in the former. 

 One of the larvce in Virginia went into the ground on July ist 

 and the moth emerged on October 20th. In Georgia the same 

 species buried itself on June 14th and the moth did not appear 

 till December 8th, after which other individuals kept coming 

 out till February i 6th. 



The male flies in the daytime, swiftly rising and descending. 



The larva stings very sharply. When young they feed 

 gregariously^ but they disperse when they become large. 



FAMILY XXXIII. LASIOCAIMPID.'I':. 



Egg. — Large, smooth, and glossy. 



Larva. — Thickly clothed with hair, and sometimes with humps 

 on the tront of the body. 



Pupa. — Enclosed in a firm oval cocoon, whence some of these 

 moths are called Eggars. 



Imago. — Of large or moderate size, and generally of some 

 shade of brown, and with no ocellated spots on the wings. 

 Proboscis incons}~)icuous ; palpi porrected, large or small ; 

 antennae strongly bipectinated, at least in the males ; cells of 

 the wings closed ; hind-wings without frenulum, and with two 

 sub-median nervures ; hind tibiae usually with small terminal 

 spurs. 



Habits.— The males of many of the species of this family fly 

 very rapidly by day, but can often be attracted from a con- 

 siderable distance by the presence of a female freshly emerged 

 from the cocoon. 



