102 SLUG-CATER PILLARS. 
THE FASCIATED LIMACODES. 
(Lithacodes fasciola H. S.). 
This slug-caterpillar, as well as that of Tortricidia 
flexuosa H. S, are quite common in some years, and are 
rather general feeders. Both occur on the plum, cherry, 
apple, hickory, oak, linden and other trees. They cause but 
little damage, as they eat but little. There are still other 
species of Limacodide found upon our fruit trees, but as all 
are very similar in general habits and appearance it is not 
necessary to describe them in detail. ; 
The caterpillar of fasciola is elliptical, the posterior end 
quadrate. The dorsal space is broad and flat; the lateral 
one broad and oblique. There is a slight, smooth and vel- 
lowish-green subdorsal ridge, and yellow subdorsal and 
lateral lines, of which the latter is broken. The depressed 
spaces are pale-yellow, with green centres. Length 7-13mm. 
The moth (Fig. 100) has ochreous-brown fore-wings, 
with a dentate white band running across the middle, fol- 
lowed by a blackish shade; there is a curved 
black line from the white band on the costa 
to the hind angle; the hind-wings are 
Fig. 100.—Lithaco- blackish or pale testaceous. Expanse 15-20 
des fasciola H. $.; 
moth From Div. of mm. 
Entomology, Dep. 
of Agriculture. The caterpillar of T. flexuosa is elliptical; 
the dorsal spaceis almost uniform in width; the lateral space 
is broad and oblique; the dorsal ridge is very slight. Color 
pale yellowish-green, clearer at the’sides. Subdorsal line yel- 
low, as well as all the depressed spaces in the bottom, the 
largest with green centers. A number of very variable red 
spots and marks occur in the dorsal space, but the usual 
form is that of a rounded cross, of crimson color, marked 
with purplish-brown and blackish on the ridges. 
All these species are single brooded, and can be found 
late in autumn, almost invariably on the under sides of the 
leaves, in which they eat large holes. All spin almost glob- 
