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posed to be upward) ; segments 4-10 each 

 ha\e small tubercles arranged ."•. ; segments 

 n-12 each have two large and two small tub- 

 ercles arranged • . . • . The slight cocoon is 

 made between leaves of the birch which the 

 larva has drawn together for the purpose, 

 and the pupa within it is denselv covered 

 with a white bloom. 



CoeiodasYS iniicortiis Abb. & Sniith (Nat. 

 hist, lepid. ins. Ga., 1797, v. 2, p. 165, pi. 86). 

 Harris (Rept. ins. injur, veg., 1S41, p. 306-307) 

 describes the lar\'a of this species and gives 

 as food-plants plum and apple, and adds to 

 them, on authoritv of Abbot, Prinos verti- 

 cillafiis. Harris (Entom. corresp., 1S69, pi. 

 2, fig. 8) gives a colored figure of the larva. 

 Payne (Amer. entom., Oct. 1S70, v. 2, p. 341) 

 notes that the larva mimics partly dead and 

 partly living margins of leaves. Lintner (En- 

 tom. contrib., no. 3, 1S74. p. 131) describes 

 and figures the larva, adding Corylits ameri- 

 cami and PitiiiKS viigiiiiana to the previously 

 known food-plants; his figure is copied in 

 Amer. nat., Nov. 1S74, v. 8, p. 691-692. Pack- 

 ard (Bull, 7, U. H. entom. comm., iSSi, p. 136) 

 adds Crataegus to the food-plants. The 

 larva also feeds on Beiiila alba. 



Notodonia conciiiiia Abb. & Smith (Nat. 

 hist, lepid. ins. Ga., 1797, v. 2, p. 169, pi. 85)- 

 Harris (Rept. ins. injur, veg., 1S41, p. 307- 

 309) describes larva and imago of this spe- 

 cies, and gives as food-plants apple, cherry, 

 plum, Rosa and Crataegus; this description 

 is quoted by Morris (Synop. lepid. N. A., 

 1S62, p. 242), and is repeated with figures of 

 larva and imago (Treatise on ins. injur, veg., 

 1S62, p. 425-426, pi. 6, fig. 11) and with a 

 colored figure of the larva by Harris (Entom. 

 corresp , 1869, p. 303, pi. i, fig. 3). Riley 

 (Amer. entom., Sept. -Oct., 1869, v. 2, p. 27) 

 figures larva, pupa, and imago, and adds pear 

 to the food-plants ; Riley's figures are re- 

 peated by Saunders (Can. entom.. July 18S1, 

 V. 13, p. 13S-140). The larva also eats Be- 

 tttla alba. 



Nolodoiita diclaca Linn. (Syst. nat.. 1767. 

 ed. 12. p. S26) [=: P/ieiisia rimosa Packard 



(Proc. Entom. soc. Phil., Nov. 1S64. v. 3, p. 

 358)]. Lintner (Entom. contrib.. no. 4, 1S7S, 

 \). 188-193) gives descriptions of the lar\'ae 

 and other notes on this species, for which, 

 on authority of Stephens, he gives the food- 

 plants Po/^idns. Sali.x. and Bctula. 



Datana ministra Drury (lUust. nat. hist. 

 1773, V. 2, p. 25, pi. 14, fig. 3). Harris (Rept. 

 ins. injur, veg., 1841, p. 31 1-312) describes the 

 larva and imago, and this description is re- 

 peated, with the addition of a wood-cut of 

 the lar\'a and a colored figure of the imago, 

 in his Treatise on ins. injur, veg., in 1S62; 

 he gives (Entom. corresp., 1S69, p. 308-310, 

 pi. 2, fig. 4) a description with colored fig- 

 ure of the larva. Grote and Robinson (Proc. 

 ^Entom. soc. Phil., 1S66, v. 6, p. 11-12) de- 

 scribe the imago and the larva with especial 

 reference to distinguishing it from the larvae 

 of other species of Dataiia. Harris {I.e.) 

 gave as food-plants of the larvae, apple and 

 cherry: Riley (Amer. entom., Jnly-Aug., 

 1S70. V. 2, p. 263) adds Jiiglaiis nigra; 

 and Southwick and Beuttenmiiller (Science 

 record, 15 April 18S4, v. 2, p. 133), in a list 

 of the food plants of larvae of species of 

 Datana, add, for £>. ministra. ^iiercus, 

 Coryliis, Carya, Crataegus, Robinia, Betu- 

 1(1, Tilia, Castanea, and Fagus. The eggs 

 of this species, which are often found in 

 groups beneath the leaves of Betuta alba, 

 are, at least in eastern Massachusetts, very 

 often nearly all destroyed by a minute hy- 

 menopterous parasite. 



Limacodes scafha Harr. (Rept. ins. injur, 

 veg., 1841. p. 303). Harris {I.e., and Trea- 

 tise on ins. injur, veg., 1S62, p. 420) describes 

 the species as larva, which he states to live 

 on yuglans: later (Entom. corresp., 1869, p. 

 300, pi. 3, fig. 8) he figures the larva, and 

 adds apple to the food-plants. Walsh (Proc. 

 Bost. soc. nat. hist., Feb. 1S64, v. 9, p. 298- 

 299) first describes the imago and says, "The 

 larva fed on hickory leaves, but I have met 

 with two specimens on the button-wood or 

 sycamore." Packard (Guide study ins., 1869, 

 p. 290 and Bull. 7, U. S. entom. comm., i8Si, 



