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entoin. comm., iSSi, p. 67). Tlie larvae also 

 feed on Svriuga vulgaris^ Ribcs nibnnn, 

 and Bctiila alba. 



Spilosoma virgiiiica Fabr. (Svst. entoni., 

 Snppl., 1775, p. 437). Harris (Rept. ins. 

 injur, veg. , 1841. p. 247-24S) describes the 

 larva and imago, stating that the larva feeds 

 on leaves oi Plautago, Pisitm. Phaseolits. Zea 

 miiys. gramineae, Vitis, Rtbes nibriim and 

 -/?. grosfulari'a; later (Treatise on ins. injur, 

 veg., 1S62, p. 349-351) he adds a figure of the 

 larva and imago, and (Entom. corresp., 1S69, 

 p 2S7-288) he describes the larva and pupa. 

 Morris (Synop. lepid. N. A., 1862, p. 342- 

 343) describes larva and imago. Riley (Amer. 

 entom., July-Aug. 1S70. v. 2, p. 272-273 and 

 3rd ann. rept. state entom. Mo., 1871, p. 68- 

 69) describes and figures the larva pupa, and 

 imago, adding to the above-mentioned food- 

 plants, ynglans cinerca. Svriuga, Coiiiwlvu- 

 lits. Gossypiitm, Heliaiithus, Polygonum, Ver- 

 bena and Geranium; he also states that the 

 larva has been known -'to subsist entirely, 

 from the time it cast its last skin till it spun 

 up. on dead bodies of the camel cricket {Maii- 

 /is Carolina)" : later (o/. cif., Oct. 1870, v. 2, 

 p. 336) he adds Petniiia and Salix to the food- 

 plants. Lintner (Entom. contrib., no. 3, 1S74, 

 p. 143) describes two varieties of the larva. 

 Bates (Can. entom., Jan. 18S0, v. 12. p. 20) 

 adds PRnmc.x to the food-plants. Saunders 

 i/ip. cit., March 18S0, v. 12, p. 56-57) reprints 

 Riley's figures of the larval pupa, and imago, 

 and describes them. Packard (Bull. 7. U. S. 

 entom. comm., 1S81, p. S8-89) describes larva 

 and imago (reprinting Riley's figures of these 

 and the pupa) and adds Rhamnna and Piniis 

 to tile food-plants. The larva also eats Ani- 

 pclopsis quinquefolia, Ulmus amcricana, Bet- 

 nla alba. Fuchsia fiilgens. Tropacolum, Pru- 

 nus serotina, Syringa 7'ulgaris, I'i/is la- 

 I'rusca, Ipomoea purpurea. Pelargonium, 

 Jiliirtynia proboscit/ea, Acer saceharinuni, 

 Ricinus communis. Lappa officinalis, and 

 Nicotiaiia tabacum, but specimens fed on 

 Datura nieteloides died soon after. 



Spilosoma Isabella Abb. -Smith (Nat. hist, 

 lepid. ins. Ga., 1797, v. 2, p. 131. pi. 66). Har- 



ris (Rept. ins. injur, veg., 1S41, p. 252-253J 

 describes lar\'a anti imago givijig Trifolium, 

 Taraxacum dcns-leonis, and narrow-leaved 

 Planlago as food-plants; to this he adds 

 (Treatise on ins. injur, veg., 1S62, p. 355- 

 356) a figure of the larva. Walsh [.'] (Pract. 

 entom., June 1S67. v. 2, p. 103) gives apple 

 as a food-plant of the larva. Riley (Amer. 

 entom., April 1870, v. 2, p. 182) figures 

 and briefly describes the larva, pupa, and 

 imago, mentioning only grass as a food-plant 

 of the larva; later (4th ann. rept. state entom. 

 Mo., 1S72, p. 143-144) he reprints these fig- 

 ures. Riley's figures, with a brief description, 

 are again repeated by Saunders (Can. entom., 

 April 1873, ^- .V P- 7.v77i •i'''d Ann. rept. 

 entom. soc. Ontario, 1873, p. 22-23), ^'"'d 

 Westcott (Can. entom., July 1S73, p. 137) 

 adds a few notes on the larva. Siewers (Can. 

 entom., July 1877, v. 9, p. 127-128) notes a 

 few habits of the larva Mann (Psyche, Sept.- 

 Dec. 1879 [9 Apr. 1880], v. 2. p. 270) gives 

 some notes on the larva. Riley (Amer. 

 entom., June 18S0, v. 3, p. 133-134) reprints 

 his figures of larva, pupa, and imago, and 

 adds some notes on the larva and its parasites. 

 Coleman (Papilio, Jan. 1882, v. 2, p. 18) gives 

 some notes on the variations of color of the 

 larva. Experiments show that the larva 

 feeds readily on leaves of the following 

 plants : Ricinus comjnunis, Acer sacc/iari- 

 num. Viburnum dcnlatum, Lap>pa officin- 

 alis. Polygonum persicaria, Tropaeolum 

 majus, Vitis labrusca, S] ringa z'ulgaris, S. 

 persica, Ampelopsis quinguefdlia, Prunus se- 

 rotina, Ulmus americana, Clethra alnifolia, 

 Martynia probosciilea, Helianthus annuus. 

 Plantago major, Spiraea sorbi folia, Ribes 

 aureum and Betula alba; the larva refused 

 Solanum nigrum and Apios tuberosa. 



Ceratomia amyntor Htibn. (Samml. exot. 

 schmett. , 1806-1824. v. 2 , Lepid. 2, Sph. 3, leg. 

 4, mand. B, pond. 4) \^= C. quadricornis Harr_ 

 (Amer. journ. sci. and arts. July 1839, [s. i], 

 V. 36, p. 293)]. Harris (/. c.) describes the 

 larva and imago; the same author (Rept. 

 ins. injur, veg., 1841, p. 227-228) briefly de- 

 cribes the larva and imago, and later (Treatise 



