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3855. Cleora larvaria Guenee. 



May 20-June 14 ; August 6-17. Rather scarce. 



3858. Melanolophia canadaria Guenee. 



April 20-May 15 ; July 6-27. Common, and very variable. 



3859. ^thaloptera anticaria Walker. 

 April 12-28 ; July 16-22. Rare. 



3862. Ectropis crepuscularia Denis & Schiffermiiller. 

 April i2-May 19; June 19-28, Common. 



3864. Epimecis virginaria Cramer. 



Pittsburgh, April 25-May 10 (Krautwurm); New Brighton, May 

 5 (Merrick); Wilmerding, July 4 (Zahrobsky); Ohio Pyle, July 24 

 (Kahl, Klages). 



3865. Lycia ursaria Walker. 



New Brighton, April 15, 1899 (Merrick). 

 3867. Lycia cognataria Guenee. 



April 20-June 2 ; July i6-August 6. Common. The writer has 

 reared the larvae on wild cherry and they occur on many other plants. 

 3873. Nacophora quernaria Smith & Abbot. 



April 30-June 28. Local specimens of this interesting species are 

 in most of the collections, but it is rare. The writer reared a large 

 brood from ova. Foodplant : oak. In several collections dark males 

 of this species stand under cupidaria Grote, but these are all males of 

 quernaria. 



3880. Phigalia olivacearia Morrison. 



March i8-April 25. Rare in forests at rest on the trees, and occa- 

 sionally taken at light. 



3881. Phigalia titea Cramer. 



March 22-April 27. Very common in some years. 

 3884. Erannis tiliaria Harris. 



October 2 7-December 5 . Common in forests. The females are abun- 

 dant during the middle of November, and deposit eggs in the crevices 

 of the bark of the trees. The writer bred this species from ova and 

 numerous larvae were observed feeding on various deciduous plants. 

 3886. Cingilia catenaria Drury. 



New Brighton, September 27 (Merrick); Wilmerding, September 

 28 (Zahrobsky); Allegheny (Lippold, Meyer). 

 3898a. Anagoga occiduaria Walker. 



New Brighton, May 2-June 7; August 2-16 (Merrick). This spe- 

 cies is found in the woods at rest on the dead leaves. When disturbed 

 it rises high in the air and settles again near its former resting place. 



