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of forest or shade tree, in order to render the work as complete 

 as possible, 



Lycoinorpha Phohis, Harris. Body cylindrical, long and slender, 

 with five pairs of abdominal legs. The head is deeply bilobed, 

 each side large and smooth, black mottled with horn-color. The 

 body is provided with numerous tubercules from which arise long 

 black dorsal or paler lateral hairs, which are a little longer than 

 the diameter of the body; each segment is beset with 16-20 of 

 these small hair-bearing mamillae or warts. The general color of 

 the body is horn-brown ; the thoracic and abdominal legs of the 

 same color. The tubercles at the end of the body are paler than 

 elsewhere, making the end of the body appear above as if speckled 

 with white. Length 15 " "" 



The pupa is short and rather thick, the end of the body very 

 blunt, with no apical horns or tubercles. Length 10 ""'" 



The caterpillar was found late in July, wandering about at 

 Phipsburg, Me. Without doubt the food plant is lichens, as we 

 have caught the moths in Maine, in former years, flying about 

 lichen-covered rocks. The caterpillar we captured spun, July 31st, 

 a thin silken cocoon with scattered black hairs on the outside. 

 It changed to a pupa August 4th, and August 20th or 2ist the 

 moth appeared. 



Acronycta occidentalis G. & R. The larva of this moth was 

 observed wandering about at Providence on September 21st. 

 The body is cylindrical, hair}^, with a black hump on the 8th 

 segment, and a broad black longitudinal band. The general 

 color of the body is a livid leaden hue. The larva began to spin 

 a cocoon September 23, the moth appearing early in the following 

 summer. 



The pupa is 20 '"'" in length, of the usual form; the tip 

 of the abdomen is obtuse, with eight long, even, stiff chitinous 

 setae which are incurved at the end. The basal abdominal suture 

 is well marked, being very deep. 



I am indebted to M. Grote for the identification of this and 

 the species of Hypena. 



Hypena baltimoralis Guen. The larva of this species was 

 common on the red maple at Brunswick, Me., early in August. 

 The body is very slender, and at first sight it must be regarded 

 as a geometrid. The body is cylindrical, slender, tapering con- 

 siderably toward the long anal legs, which are outstretched. The 

 segments are moderately convex, the sutures being very distinct. 

 The head is rather small, smooth, somewhat bilobed. All the 

 legs, both thoracic and abdominal, are of the same color as the 

 body, which is pale pea-green, of the color of the upper side of 

 the leaf of the red maple, but slightly paler. The sutures between 

 the segments are often straw-yellowish. The body sometimes has 

 a slight purplish tint, the head remaining green. Length 22 '""' 



August 5th one began to spin a cocoon, the pupa appearing 



