76 



after a pupal i)choil oi t\v(Mi(y days, am' lay tlu> oi;i;;s whicli, in SrpltMU- 

 bor. jn-oiluce tlio hibornatini;- brood of catiM-pillars. 



ArANTl'.SlS IMIYLI.IKA 1 'ril. 



{Arditt phiillira.) 



This i'at(M-pillar, a woolly In^av of im'tliuiu si/(\ with bvxly jet-black* 

 and hair also black, is an unconunon spccic^s in Illinois, but is more 



abundant in the South, whor(> 

 it is rci'onU'd as f(H>dinu; on 

 corn, wheat, peas, and various 

 other kinds of low plants. 



It has been taken throuiih- 

 ont the ('ountry, from Massa- 

 chusetts, Canada, and Michijian 

 on [\\o north, to C\)lorado anil 

 i> r. . ,1 „■ ^..- 1,1 1 1 I'exas on the west. 



Fit.:. 51. AiHinttnis itrn/lnni. Misjlitl.v oiiUnKeil. 



it is at least double-lirooded 

 throui;hout the greater part o{ its ran,iit\ the moths (Fig. ol) api>eanng' 

 in May and again in .bily. .\dult larva- arc recorded in the South (>arly 

 in April ami late in May, apparently rt>presenting the first and scv-ond 

 broods respectively. Caterpillars taken .Vpril 4 

 becaiut^ adults on the -iMh of that month, and 

 others taken ^hiy -7 compU^tiMl their transforma- 

 tions by June 10. 



^'*'^<j|s/' v|' ^^ ^ki^' 



Apantesis ru \i.iar\rA Ifari'. 



{Arcti'ii pJidhnita, A. nais pluiUnila. A. n'thita 

 pJnth'rata.) 



This is a black or dark brown hairy cater- 

 pillar (Fig. 52, 53). about an inch and a (piartiM- 

 long, with a line of pale yellow — sonnet imes almost 

 white — along the niiiUUe of tlie back. Its long 

 whitish or brownish hairs, with sh(ut, black, spiny 

 bristles intermixed, spring rather sparsely in tufts 

 from transvei-se rows of warts. It is most abun- 

 dant in grass, and is known as a corn insect only „_. ,_ , 



, '. , , ,. , ,-, r . 1 . iiliiihroto, Inrvsi. .VlMuit 



because it has vvvn lound to (>at reaoU)' ot tiiat twice natural size, 

 plant in confinement. It has also eatiMi, in bretnl- 



ing-cages, the leaves of peach, elm. grapi\ and knotwtvd {Pohitjonum. 

 avicidare) . 



Fn;. 52. .1 j> II »i t <■ .s- 1' s 



*.\ Hjruio n'voii by .Vblmt ami Sinitli lias a row of yellow spots aloiisi the bai-k ami sides.- 

 lieiit(.iiini\iller. 



