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The s;ilt-iii;irsli calcipilhir Iccds tVccly on .liardcii \c'i;ct;il)l('s as well 

 as on coi-ii. The youii<;- cat away all the siihstaiicc of the coi-ii leaf 

 ('xc(>|)t the upper cuticle, and the oldei- specimens make iioles (luilo 

 llirou^h the leaf. 'I'liis calcM'pillar also eats clover, cal)bai!;c, lettuce, 

 cotton, rai;\vee(l, burdock, sweet clo\-er, plantain, tdc, and in tlu; East 



l'"Ki. 48. ]''!IC'0S of Woolly- Ho.'ir larva-: <i ami l>, Kstiiiiiunr (anro, showing 

 extremes of coloration; c, Didrrixia riryiidai : d, fsia isuhrlUi. 



was formerly a very destructixc pest on the swampy gi"ass-lands alonj;" 

 the coast. 



The moths of this species (Fii;'. 4-1, 1")) luvve enicM'o-ed in our breeding- 

 cages in th(> latt(M' part of .April, hut an* most abundant at electric lifi;hts 

 in the latter part of May and the (ii-st half of .lune. Caterpillars appear 

 in late .June and ,bily. the second Iti'ood of moths followini;' in late 

 .Inly and in August, and the second brood of lar\:e in September and 

 Ocdober. 



The yellow bear eats the leaves of Indian corn (Fig. 49), and also 

 those of peas, beans, ])lanlain, and v a I'io us grasses; and grape, currant, 

 cabbage, gooseluM-ry, butternut, lilac, sorrel, com-ohulus. sunflower, 

 smartwccil, verlxMia, and gta'anium are among the other plants men- 

 tioned as eatiMi by this \-oi-acious feeder. Ueutenmiiller sa\s of it, that 

 it eats all kinds of low plants growing in gardens and fields. 



The he(lgehog caterpillar, like* the |)r(>ceding, eats ahnost all kinds 

 of low plants, including clover, cabbage, lettuce, spinach, and grass. 



