i530 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



einergcd on the 21sfc of June from a pupa found a few days previously 

 between united leaves of Jli^scul\is californica (Kutt.), the (Jaliibrnian 

 liorsc- chestnut. 



In J lis SynoDyniical Catalogue of the Described Tortrieidw, Prof. 0. 

 II. I'Vrniild states: '^Professor Eiley wrote me that lie bred it on rose, 

 ri])i)k', hickory, oak, soft maple, elm, and wild cherry." It thus ai)[)cars 

 to be a general feeder on our shade trees, living between tlie united 

 leiivos. It ran<]^es from Maine, where it is common, to Georgia, Texas, 

 iu)d Missouri, while it is not uncommon on the Pacific coast. 



Tlic larva has not yet been fully described ; unfortunately we did not 

 make a detailed description of it, beyond noting the fact that the larva 

 is green with a black head and ]>rothoracic segment. It feeds on the 

 oak early in June, as one caterpillar occurred June 11, when it became 

 a chrysalis, the moth apjieiiring June 23. Hence without ranch doubt 

 there arc two broods, the caterpillar occurring late in summer turning to 

 chrysalides, and liibernating as such, the moth tlyiug about in the spring 

 and laying its eggs on tlie shoots, so that the larva may liatcli when 

 the leaves are unfolding and lind its food ready and at hand. The first 

 brood of caterpillars is found early in June, and the second in. August 

 and early in September. The moth is of the size and general shape of 

 the common apple-leaf roller {Caccecia rosana) and the cherry leaf roller 

 {0. cerasivorana), but differs in tlie particulars stated below; but the 

 caterpillar is more like that of C. rosana than C. cerasivorana. 



DEScnirxiVE. — TMVva. — Body green, with a black head and prothoracic segment. 



Fupa. — Of the iiaual form and color, but rather stout ; the end of the abdoiiioii has 

 an unusually large sharp spine, with two lateral and two terminal largo, stout, curved 

 BetBe or stiff hairs. Leugtli, VZ"^"K 



Moth. — Head, palpi, and thorax, rust-red; fore wings, bright rust-rod; a broad, 

 median, rust-red, oblique baud bcut downward in the middle of the wing ; on each 

 side are two yollowioh-whito costal blotches, the outer one usually triangular and 

 oblique, sending a narrow line to the inner edge of the wing ; a similar hue on the 

 inside of the band. Outer margin of the wing yeilowiHh white, with two iine, mat- 

 rod lines, the outer one at the base of the fringe, whicli is wliitish yellow. Hind 

 wings pale yellowish slate color, as is the abdouien. 



THE niCKORY ECCOPSIS. 



{Eccopsis jicrmundana, Clemens.) 



The larva of this pretty ruoth has been found in Providence, E. I., to 

 live on the leaves of the white-heart hickory {Carya tomcniosa), which it 

 folds, and when about to change to a chrysalis lines the fold with a thin 

 layer of whitish silk. I have observed the caterpillars May 24, or as 

 soon as the leaves are unfolded. From the 2d to the 0th of June, the 

 insects changed to chrysalides and the moths appeared on the 23d of the 

 same month. The life-history is then nearly as follows: From eggs 

 laid the previous autumn on the twigs, the insect being probably double 

 brooded, the caterpillars hatch out simultaneously with the opening of 

 {lie leaves, living about a week or ten days in this state between the 

 folded leaves or rolling them np aidoways or from the apex to the base; 

 in the fold or roll thus made, which it Hues with silk, it changes to a 

 chrysalis, remaining about a fortnight in this state until during IJ)e third 

 week in June, in Southern IS'ew England, it appears as a beautifully- 

 marked moth (lying about and resting on the leaves. 



In Illinois, according to Mr. Coquillett (Papilio, iii, 102), the cater- 

 pillar feeds on the Siberian crab-ajiple, the cultivated raspberry, wild 

 blackberry {EuhiisviUosus), and hazel, while in Mai'.ie Professor Fernald 

 has bred in on the Spi] lea (sec Comstock, Agricultural lvei>ort for 1880). 



