PSYCHE. 



[ April— June ISS3 . 



Apple, Ulmits, Titia, Salix, .^iicrcns, Fraxi- 

 ntis, Betida alba, Popitliis and Carpiiiiis; to 

 this list Roiiast (Annales Soc. linn. L^'on, 

 ann. 1SS2, [1SS3], n. s., v. 29, p. 315-316) adds 

 Amygdalus commiiuh. Crataegus oxyacaii/ka, 

 and CcHtaurea jacea. 



Afatela xyliniformis Guen. (Hist. nat. d. 

 ins.. 1S52, V. 5, Noct., V. i, p. 56). Thaxter 

 (Papilio, Jan. 1S83, ^- 3i P- '7) states that the 

 larva of tliis species feeds on Brtiila and 

 bhlckberry [Riibus\. 



Apatela hrumomt Guen. (Hist. nat. d. ins., 

 1S52, V. 5, Noct., V. I, p. 52). Thaxter (Pa- 

 pilio. Jan. 1S83, V. 3, p. 171 states that the 

 larva of this species feeds on Bc/iiln, Stil/x, 

 and Popiiliis. 



Apatela dactylina Grote (Proc. 13ost. soc. 

 nat. hist., April 1S74, v. 16, p. 239). Thaxter 

 (Psyche, Mav-June [9 July] 1S77, v. 2, p. t,},) 

 gives Bflula and Salix as food-plants of the 

 larva of this species. 



Apatela americana Harr. (Rept. ins. injur, 

 veg., 1S41, p. 317). Harris {op. cit., p. 317- 

 31S) describes the larva and cocoon of this 

 species : he writes, '• The caterpillar eats the 

 leaves of the various kinds of maple and 

 sometimes also those of the elm and chest- 

 nut." The same author (Treatise on ins. 

 injur, veg., 1862, p. 436-437) figures larva, 

 pupa, and imago of this species and adds 

 Tilia to the food-plants; and (Entom. cor- 

 resp., 1S69, p. 311) again describes the larva. 

 In Amer. entom.. April 1S69, v. i, p. 166, this 

 species is stated to feed on Populiis t/ilatata 

 and P. monilijcra, and Riley (2nd rept. state 

 entom. Mo., 1S70, p. 121) gives Bctiila and 

 Alniis as food-plants. Coquillett (Papilio, 

 Jan. iSSi, v. I, p. 6) describes the larva, and 

 gives red oak (^uerciis) as food-plant. Thax- 

 ter (Papilio, Jan. 1883, v. 3, p. 17) adds yii- 

 glaiis, Fraxhiiis and Platmnis to the recoriied 

 food-plants. 



Apatela viilpina Grote (Can. cutoni., Jan. 

 1S83, v. 15, p. 8-9). Thaxter (Papilio, Jan. 

 18S3. '^- 3i P- H-'.S) describes the larva of this 

 species, and gives Pupiili/s and Bctiila as 

 food-plants. 



Apatela spinigera Guen. (Hist. nat. d. ins., 

 1852, V. 5, Noct., V. I, p. 45). Thaxter (Psy- 

 che, March-April [24 Sept.] 1S78, v. 2, p. 

 121-122) describes the larva of this species 

 and gives as food-plants Riibiis and Betiila. 



Apatela occidentalis Grote and Rob. (Proc. 

 Entom. soc. Phil., May 1S66, v. 6, p. 16). 

 The larva of this species is described by 

 Harris (Entom. corresp., 1S69, p. 311-312), 

 who found it feeding on plum, cherry, and 

 Pyiiis amciicaiia. Lintner (Entom. contrib. 

 [no. 1], iS6g, p. 62) adds apple to the food- 

 plants. Saunders (Can. entom., March 1872, 

 v. 4, p. 50) describes the larva. Packard 

 (Papilio, Nov.-Dec. 1882, v. 2. p. 181) briefly 

 describes the larva and pupa. Thaxter (P-sy- 

 che, May-June [9 July] 1877, v. 2, p. 35) gives 

 Ulmiis as food-plant. A specimen taken on 

 Betiila liitea, at Wachusett, Mass., 26 Aug. 

 1882, pupated 30 Aug., and the imago appear- 

 ed 12 June 1883. This larva, which also ate 

 Betiila alba, did not entirely agree in colora- 

 tion with Saunders' description. 



Charadra propinquilinea Grote (Trans. 

 Amer. entom. soc, Jan. 1S73, ^'- 4' P- '^93'-94)- 

 Goodell (Papilio, Feb. 1881, v. i, p. 15) de- 

 scribes the larva of this species and gives 

 "white birch" as food-plant. Thaxter (Papilio, 

 Jan. 1SS3, v. 3, p. 11-12) gives notes on the 

 larva, which feeds on Betitla. yiiglaiis, Acer 

 and ^iiercits. 



Charadra deridens Guen. (Hist. nat. d. 

 ins., 1S52, V. 5, Noct., v. i. p. 35-36). Saun- 

 ders (Can. entom., Sept.-Oct. 1870, v. 2, p. 

 145-146) describes the larva, and Lintner 

 (Entom. contrib., no. 3, 1S74, p. 157) figures 

 and describes it. Thaxter (Papilio, Jan. 18S3, 

 V. 3, p. II-I2) describes the egg. the seven 

 larval stages, and the cocoon ; the larva feeds 

 upon red oak (^uerciis), Betiila and L/lmits. 



Cossiis sp. Lintner (Entom. contrib., no. 

 4, 1S78, p. 244-245) states that the larvae of a 

 Cossus, the pupal cases of which prove to be 

 those of some as yet undescribed species, bor^ 

 in the wood of Betiila popiilifolia. 



Gastropac/ia americana Harris (Kept. ins. 

 injm-. veg., 1841. p. 273-274). This author 



