INSECTS OF THE SASSAFRAS. 



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The moth. — Tawny yellow, thorax with darker patches. Basal two-thirds of costa 

 dark, below deeper tawny, with wrinkled white and blackish hairs in lines. Tibisa 

 provided externally with long white hairs, while the denser tarsal hairs are mostly 



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Fig. 214. — Lagoa opercularis, after Riley. Larva and cocoon, after Hubbard. 



black. Abdomen with rather long, dense, evenly cut coarse hairs, forming a short, 

 broad anal tuft. Length of body, .65; expanse of wings, 1.90 inches. North Caro- 

 lina to Texas. 



3. Lagoa pyxidif era (Abbot and Smith). 



The caterpillar of this species, according to Abbot and Smith, feeds on 

 the winter whortleberry, sassafras, red root, oak, etc. " When taken 

 the caterpillar was entirely clothed with long white hairs. On the 

 26th of July it shed its skin, and then appeared as in the figure. It 

 has fourteen holders, and the head is retractile. The web was formed 

 on the 7th of August, and the moth came out May 18, following. Like 

 the former, it does not change to a chrysalis till the spring, but it has 

 not, like that, a door to its web. Many individuals of this species do 

 not spin till late in autumn. The moth is closely similar to the fore- 

 going, but we have never seen it. 



The following species also occur on the sassafras : 



Order Lepidoptera. 



4. Papilio glaucus (Linn.). 



5. Apatelodes torrefacta (Abb.-Sm.) 



6. Callosmnia promethea (Drury.) 



7. Samia cynthia Hilbuer. S. D. Hulst (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, i, 



p. 91.) 



8. Hyperchiria io (Fabr.) 



9. Tceniocampa incerta (Hiibn.). See p. 172. 



10. Eutrapela clenietaria (Sm.-Abb.) 



11. Platynota fiavedana Clem. Miss Murtfeldt in Fernald's Cat. Tor- 



tricidse, p. 22. 



12. Eudemis botrana (Schiflf.) Clemens (see Fernald's Oat. Tortricidge, 



p. 28.) 



13. Sericoris niveiguttana (Grote.) Miss Murtfeldt (Fernald's Cat. Tor- 



tricidse, p. 36.) 



14. Gracilaria sassafrasella Chamb. The larva, when very young, mines 



the leaves; when older, rolls them downwards. (Chambers.) 



