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colony should take possession of a small evergreen prized as an ornament. 

 In this event, its presence would be shown by the closely eaten leaves, 

 when the larva? should be sought for resting upon the trunk during 

 tlieir repose by day, and if discovered (which is extremely doubtful, for 

 reasons previously shown), if they could be induced to release their 

 hold to the bark, they miglit be boxed and sent to some entomologist, 

 who would gladly undertake to arrest all further injury from them 

 or their descendants for all future time. 



Nephelodes violans Giienee. 



Larva : Tlic bronze-colored eut-iuorm. 



Moth : The Violet Nephelodes. 



(Ord. Lepidoptera : Fam. Noctuid^.) 



Quenee: Sp. Gen. Lep, v. — Noct., i, 1852, p. 130, no. 204 (original description). 



LiNTNER : in 23d Rept. N.Y. St. Cab. N. H., 1872, p. 194; in 26tli Kept. N. Y- St. 



Mus. N. H., 1874, p. 180; Eut. Contrib., iv,1878, pp. 34, 46,49, 119 (dates 



of collections, etc.); in 7th Rept. Adiron. Surv. St. of N. Y. . 1880, p. 385; in 



St. Lawr. Repub., June 8,1881; in Country Gent., June 9, 1881, xlvi, p. 375; 



in Albany Eve. Journ., July 1, 1881. 

 Snow : in Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., iv, IR/G, p. 45 (common in Kansas). 

 N0RM.4.N : in Canad. Entomol., viii, 18VG, p. G9 (moth common in Out.) ; Id. vii, 



1875, p. G. 

 Thaxter : in Psyche, ii, 1877, p. 36 (occurrence in Mass.). 

 French: in Prairie Farmer, April 6, 1878; in Thomas' 7th Rept. Ins. 111., 1878, 



pp. 99, 220 (description of larva and moth and habits); in Canad. Entomol., 



X, 1878, p. 61 (description of larva and pupa). 

 Forbes : in Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, p. 231 (larva from blue bird). 

 Riley: in Amer. Nat., xv, 1881, pp. 575-577 (larval habits and description); in 



Amer. Entomol., iii, 1880, p. 205 (habits, etc.). 

 OsBORN : in Iowa Homestead, June 17, 1881 (diseased larvae). 



The caterpillar of this species was associated Avith that of Cranihus 

 vulgivagellus in its attacks upon the pastures of St. Lawrence county, 

 N. Y. (noticed in the following pages), and probably, in other of the 

 adjoining counties. The association, however, was rather one of time 

 than in depredations, for, from the habit of the caterpillar of conceal- 

 ing itself by day under some object lying upon the ground, and com- 

 ing out at night for feeding, it is not at all probable that its injuries 

 would extend to any distance from its hiding place or embrace the 

 entire area of a pasture or meadow, as did those of the Crambus larva. 

 Its favorite hiding places seem to be pieces of wood, such as fence-rails, 

 and the excrementa of cows. In proportion as these abounded in grass- 

 land, in a like proportion might its depredations be distributed. 



