hid 



tissiio ;is it jii>os. Its I'oursi^ is (>\ idnit as a li>;l\i(M' ci^lortHl track, >ifatlu- 

 allv wiiUMiinji' as tlu> lai\a iucrrasos in si/.(\ i >uo iniiu> was nearly 

 t\vont\- iiu'lu>s loMii. ("orti in a <ir(>iMihi>uso at tlu' l\>mu-rliful .\,m"i 



^ ^" ( 



piinnrivini. l.oiistti lO^out oho oiclHli ii\i'li. (.l<ritton.'> 



cullural I'A|HM'inuM\t Station was t>\ttMisi\(^ly 

 tunnolotl b\ tliis insoct in .lul\, and a t\>\v 

 ininos woro also soon o\\ uardoit corn. In \\ t^st 

 \'irginia it did considorabK^ dania^o to timothy 

 in lSi)S. 



Tho larxa (.l-'iii;. loJ, h^ is paK^ yidlow . t'otM- 

 loss. alunit an oighlh of an inch loni;-. It l"orn>s 

 in tho mine a darker colored pni'ariuni (Kiii". 

 lot, (•). t"ron\ which the adult lly enuM'ges 

 l^Fig. lot, ((V This is blackish \aried with 

 brown m- yidlow. with transpanMit win^s. It 

 has been toiuiil in New .ItM'si^y and tlu> Pis- 

 trict ot" Cohunbia. 



mki:m A Arcirs sm. vV Ai;i!. 



iraniphila (iccius.) ,.,..,, . 



^ ' In:. 1;).>. (Vnl^>m.ly^<I dor- 



lliis httle skipfHM- biutertiy inhabits tlie ,„!ii si/o. ^nritu.n.^ 

 reiiion bi>nlering tlu^ (iiiU" ainl Atlantic- i-oasts 



friMii New luiiiland to Mi-xico. It has Ihhmi taktMi by I'rench in stMith 

 ern Illinois, but its tHH'urrem'e in cnir state imist be alt(\i;ether excep 

 ti(Hial. Its caterpillar is said by Abbot to ci\[ the leaves oi Indian 

 I'orn, and it is also recordinl ironi a le^nininoiis plant {Wistaria fru- 

 tcsccni^) and InMu the wi>olly beard-ii;rass {Kriaiithus aloptctiroidcs). 



I^oth tlie larva and pujia an^ whitish or paU^ jiriHMi, the lar\a with 

 sonu^ darktM" inarkinji's. Tlie pupa has the anterior cud remarkably 



