PINE CATERPILLARS. 773 



93. Tolype lands Fitch. 



Mr. A. E. Gilbert, of Rochester, N. Y., reports fiiiding six cocoons of 

 this moth ou the white piue (Papilio, iii, p. 25). Mr. R. Bunker also has 

 found sixteen cocoons on the white pine. (Can. Ent., xv, p. 160.) It 

 seems, however, to be more common on the spruce and larch. (See 

 Larch Insects.) 



94. Balesidota argentata Packard. 



This moth has been raised by Dr. Behr from larvae found feeding on 

 pine leaves in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Grass Valley. No 

 description was made, but Mr. Stretch says they were dark brown, 

 somewhat resembling that of H. edicardsii. 



Moth, — Head and thorax pale buii yellow ; base aud sides of the front walnut 

 brown ; center of prothoracic pieces brown. Patagia margined with brown, within 

 very broadly so. Fore wings walnut brown with five rows of large irregular round 

 or ovate silver white spots, except the costal spots, which are buff yellow ; two basal 

 spots yellow ; inner margin of the wing buff as far as the first line, which is slightly 

 curved, the middle dot of which last is much smaller than the others. In the second 

 line, which is straight, the submedian spot is transversely broad, oblong; costal 

 spot largest. The third row does not extend to the inner margin. The spots making 

 up the marginal and last row are uniformly round. Fringe and termination of 

 nervules pale buff. Hind wings white ; middle of the costa, the apex, and discal dot 

 brown ; beneath much as above, a little paler. Legs buff, base of femora and tips 

 of tibiae and tarsi broadly annulated with brown. Abdomen buff" above, beneath 

 brown. Expanse of wings, 2.05 inches. 



95. The yellow bear. 



Spilosoma virginica Fabr. 



I have found this omnivorous caterpillar feeding on the pitch pine in 

 Maine the first of September. 



96. The pine parorgyia. 



Parorgyia paraUela G. & R. 



(Larva, Plate xxxv ; fig. 3.) 



This fine moth was first bred from larvae on the pine in June and also 

 in October, by Mr. Lintner, who reared the larva from eggs laid July 

 25 by the moth in confinement. His caterpillar developed fully by the 

 first week in November. This species has also been reared by Mr. 

 Seifert, of New York City, and we also have it from eggs received 

 from Miss Morton, of Newburg, N. Y., and also from eggs sent us by 

 Prof. R. Thaxter, from Aiken, S. C. We fed our larvae on oak leaves, 

 which they freely ate, thriving well in confinement. 



The moth. — Female. Is a large thick-bodied moth, with short, broad wings and 

 heavily pectinated antennae. It is named from the dark parallel longitudinal stripes 

 on the upper surface of the fore wings. The fore wings are pale olive-ash, much 

 clouded with brown and with scattered dark scales. The basal half of the front 



