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vvliirli l,lif,y .slowly o!i,l, ;i,vvji,y. Ah ili(!y ^ct lur^nr Umy cut the Htripprd 

 |Tl;tiil. I.o l.lir; ^roiirid. Tlioii^h i.hc.rc rriny Ix; .'i (lo/.(!ti dnHtroyin^ ji, 

 liill ol coin, c'lrh h.'iH it,M K(!pjir;i(c lioiiic, jiiid (»ii I-Ik; IcuhI disttirbanco 

 rctn^ut-s to ific dc,|)thH of its w(!l)-liticd burrow. 'J'lioy am naid to IV^cd in 

 th(! evening, after sunset, the larj^er ones eatirifi; only next the frrourifj, 

 sometimes in ttiis w;iy euU.in;.': off I lie pl.'inl, like a, eutvv(»rm, while tfie 

 smaller on(!S IVied on th(! tender knaves and do not eut th(! stern. In a field 

 of eiK^d,y acres of corn, from one; tr) twenty larva; wen; found in and 

 a.l)out virt,u;dly (;very hill. 'I'lic injiuic,-, of these insects to grass arr; 

 inconsf)i(Mious so far as known, and liave /lever Ixh'U (U^finittfly refiorted. 



'I'Ik! sever.'il Sfjecies placed at tlur h(!ad of this article have not been 

 disl/ui^'iiishcd in the l.-ii'val stage, but as they have ;dl been bred from 

 biirrowing web- worms 

 of cxtretnely similar 

 ;ippc;if;iri('e ;ind virtu- 

 ally idetdicjd habil- 

 they m.'i.y br; properly 

 cofisi(|ere<| togclJicr in 

 this art-icle. 



The species appear 

 to be, cointnonly dis- 

 tributed over the c(!n- 

 t-ral and Southern 

 Stat,es. So f;i,r a,s otk; 



may judge from the collection data on record, tlie s|)eci(!S hiljernate in 

 the l.'irv.'d stage. The caterpillars are most active in May. They 

 pnp;it,(\ iti t.hcir burrows. I*>xamples collected April '2i\ gave a moth 

 of /'scudami.p/i/irii, (I'ig. 77) July 17. Others obta/nu^d April 17 

 (!merg(Ml as moths of 11 iipnc.lojray. mnrU'pcnnclbiH fl'^ig. 7S) June 17 ;uid 

 IS. One t,;d<en May 25 had ch.'rnged to the [iiipa by July X. This 

 pupa was about six tcidJis of an inch in length, \)[\\{\ brown, slen(l(!r, 

 vving-|)ads extending nboiit, two fifths of the lengtJi, and the wing 

 veins distinctly showing through. The- thoracif; region is smooth, 

 nbdommal segments thn^e to eight , each with a,n a(!ute transverse dorsal 

 ridg(! at about the atdc^rior fourth, set with a close; row of fine, sharp 

 teeth. Tip t.runcate, with four blunt- tubercles, of which the ventral 

 pair are farther apart than the dorsal. Adults of aJI three; of the species 

 have a,pf)ea,re(| in our breeding-cages in Juru; and July, atid have; been 

 taken (|uit,c abiuidatd,ly at electric lights, especially in the latter' half of 

 JutK!. Our latest reckon! of th(! adult moth was that of Andji/ioni. popca- 

 ndla, taken August S in soutluTn Illinois. J^vggs were obtained by us 

 .Iiuie 2r» and July \2 froui tnoths of /'sevdanapliora arcnnclUi, taken at 

 ^ekictric light,. In a breeding-cage su|)plied with (^arth and a tuft of 

 blue-grass, the eggs on both o(;casions w(;re d(!i)Osit(Hl al)U)idantly, being 



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T'iri. 7H. A P.iirrowiiiK Wol)-worm, II iiiinrlniiiiH morli/ifn- 

 mlliiH, (i<liilt.. Tlircj; times mitural h'vm;. 



