302 FIFTH REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 



52. Datana ministra (Drury.) 

 (Larva, Plate iv, figs. 1, 2.) 



Accordiag to William Beutenmiiller,* this insect feeds on diflferent 

 species of hickory. ( Garya alba^ G. microcarpa, G. sulcata, G. amara, and 

 G. porcina.)f See also Poplar insects. 



53. Apatela funeralis Grote and Rob. 



The caterpillar is said by Mr. Thaxter to feed on the hickory, but no 

 description of the larva has been yet published. 



54. Acronyvta lithospila Grote. 



The caterpillar has been bred from the hickory by the late Mr. S. L. 

 Elliot. 



Larva. — Very dark bluish green, darkest dorsally ; head slightly truncate in 

 front, with two slightly raised protuberances on the crown ; pitchy, with brown 



* Food-plants of Datana ministra (Drury.) 



By Wm. BeutenmOllek, Ent. Amer. 



Quercus cocciuea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 

 rubra, L. (Red Oak.) 

 palustris, Du Roi. (Pin Oak.) 

 pedunculata, Willd. (English 



Oak.) 

 sessiliflora, Sal. (The Seesil- 



flowered Oak.) 

 cerris, Linn. (Turkey Oak.; 

 Castanea vesca, Gaert. (European Chest- 

 nut.) 

 Castanea vesca, v. Americana, De Cand. 



(American Chestnut.) 

 Castanea pumila. Mil. (Chinquapin.) 

 Fagua ferruginea, Ait. (Red Beech.) 



sylvatica, L. (European Wood 



Beech.) 

 sylvatica, var. purpurea, Ait. 



(Purple Beech.) 

 sylvatica, var. cuprea, Lodd. 



(Copper Beech.) 

 sylvatica var. laciniata, Lodd. 

 (Cut-leaved Beech.) 

 Corylus americaua, Walt. (Am e r i c a n 

 Hazel.) 

 avellana, L. (European Hazel.) 

 Carpinus americaua, Michx. (Horn- 

 beam.) 



BETULACE^. 



TILIACEiE. 



Tilia americaua, L. (Basswood.) 



heterophylla, Vent. (White Bass- 

 wood.) 

 europaea, L. (European Linden.) 

 alba, Waldst & Kit. (White Lin- 

 den.) 



ROSACEA. 



Prunus cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden 



Cherry.) 

 Pyrus mains, Tourn. (Common Apple.) 

 Cydonia vulgaris, Pers. (Common 



Quince.) 



JUGLANDACE^. 



Juglans cinerea, L. (Butternut.) 



nigra, L. (Black Walnut.) 

 Carya alba, Nutt. (Shell Bark Hickory.) 



mlcrocarpa, Nutt. (Small Fruited 

 Hickory.) 



sulcata, Nutt. (Western Shell 

 Bark Hickory.) 



amara, Nutt. (Bitter Nut Hick- 

 ory.) 



porcina, Nutt. (Pig-nut Hickory. ) 



CUPULIFER^. 



Quercus alba, L. (White Oak.) 



obtusiloba, Michx. (Obtuse- 

 leaved Oak.) 

 macrocarpa, Michx. (Mossy-cup 

 Oak.) 



Betula alba, L. (White Birch.) 



var. populifolia, Spach. (Ameri- 

 can White Birch.) 

 papyracea. Ait. (Paper Birch. > 



tFood-plants of Lepidoptera, No. 4. 



