378 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. XIII, 



LASIOCAMPID^. 



Tolype minta Dyar. A freshly emerged pair were taken on bark of 

 Pinus pal us tr is tree, February 10. There is a great difference in the 

 size of the sexes. A large batch of closely scattered eggs covered with 

 hairy material was deposited February 11. Eggs started hatching 

 February 27; all hatched by March 3. There was a cocoon on the side 

 of the tree also. 



A slightly worn adult was taken on side of Pinus palustris tree in low 

 hammock, December 4. 



Malacosoma americana Fab. This species has only one brood a 

 year in Florida and winters over in the egg stage. 



Eggs began to hatch in the laboratory January 27; out of doors 

 January 29. The larvae began to spin their cocoons about March 23. 

 The adult moths issued in about two weeks. They then mate and 

 deposit their egg masses on the wild plum and wild cherry, their favorite 

 food plants. 



This insect is very heavily parasitized by a number of dipterous 

 parasites, Archytas lateralis, Achaetoneura schizurce, and Fronlina 

 aleticB Riley having been reared. 



GEOMETRID^. 



Dyspteris abortivaria H. & S. This little green moth is typically 

 a hammock insect. Beaten from buckeye foliage March 9. 



Euchlaena amoenaria Guenee. Is rather common in hammock, 

 August 1 -September S. 



Macaria praetomata Haw. Abundant at Hogtown Creek, March 4, 

 (J. R. Watson). 



Catopyrrha near sphaeromacaria Harv. These moth were abundant 

 among grass and blackberry bushes near banks of Hogtown Creek, 

 April 11. 



PSYCHID^. 



Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw. This common bag-worm is 

 found on the foliage of various trees and shrubs in the hammocks. 



COCHLIDIIDiE. 



Sibine stimulea Clms. The Saddle-back. Feeds on the foliage 

 of various trees. Has been taken feeding on Ostrya virginica, holly, 

 and the red maple, December 2-4. 



MEGALOPYGID^. 



Megalopyge opercularis A. & S. The larvae of this species are seldom 

 seen, but the cocoons are numerous on the twigs of oak, wild plum and 

 other trees and shrubs. 



PYRALID^. 



Melitera prodenialis Walk. Larvae of this species were found eating 

 prickly pear in piney woods at hammock edge, March 1. 



Pantagrapha limnata G. & R. Basswood Leaf -roller. Numbers of 

 these caterpillars were found on basswood in the hammock July 13. 

 Some of the adults had emerged already on this date. A number of 



