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862. Diacrisia virginica Fabricius. 



April 28-June 8 ; July 28-August 7. Common. The larva feeds 

 promiscuously on grasses and herbaceous plants. 



863. Diacrisia latipennis Stretch. 



June lo-July 4. Common in wooded lands where it is freely 

 taken at light. 

 874. Apantesis virgo Linnaeus. 



Pittsburgh, July 12-30 (Engel) ; New Brighton, July 5-29 

 (Merrick). 



876. Apantesis michabo Grote. 



May 2-19 ; August 6-28. Rare, but well distributed in this 

 vicinity. 



877. Apantesis intermedia Stretch. 



Pittsburgh, August 25-September 11 (Engel & Marloff) ; New 

 Brighton, August 25-September 8 (Merrick). Larva on grasses and 

 plantain. 

 880. Apantesis anna Grote. 



Pittsburgh, June (Engel) ; New Brighton, June 25 (Merrick). 



Var. persephone Grote. 



June 2-18. Rather rare. Mr. B. Krautwurm has reared several 

 specimens. Foodplant : plantain. 

 882. Apantesis arge Drury. 



May 2-24 ; August 3-October 24. Common. Foodplants : 

 grasses and plantain. 

 892. Apantesis figurata Drury. 



Jeanette, May 25 (Klages) ; Charleroi (Ehrman) ; Pittsburgh, 

 August 15 (Engel). 

 895. Apantesis vittata Fabricius. 



May 6-13; August 27-September 13. Common. Foodplant: 

 plantain. 

 . Apantesis phalerata Harris. 



May i8-June 10; July 31-September 25. The larvae and adults 

 of this species can be easily separated from vittata, and it should be 

 listed as distinct. Foodplant : plantain. 

 905. Ammalo tenera Hiibner. 



June 5-26. Common. 

 910. Euchaetias egle Drury. 



June 28-July 20. Common. The larva is abundant on milk- 

 weed. 



