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HALISIDOTA Hubn. 



H. caryae Harr. Cowansville (Fy); East Bolton VII (W); Montreal VI-VII (W); St. Johns 

 VI (C); Rosemere VI (W); food plants: elm, bass, maple, hickory, ash, willow. 



H. maculata Harr. Metis VI-VII (W); Riviere du Loup VI (Ba); Levis (Fy); Cowansville 

 VI (Fy); East Bolton (W); Montreal VI (W); Rosemere VI (W); St. Margaret (W); food 

 plants: willow, poplar, oak, birch, alder. 



H. tessellaris A. & S. Cowansville (Fy); East Bolton VII (W); St. Johns VI (W); Montreal 

 VI (W); Chateauguay VII (W); Rosemere VI (W); St. Margaret VII (W); food plants: 

 bass, oak, beech. 



Family AGARISTIDAE 



This family contains a few conspicuous moths, black in colour, spotted with white or 

 banded with red. The antennae are long and slightly enlarged at the tip. The larvae are 

 also brightly banded with orange, yellowish. 



ALYPIA Hubn. 



A. langtonii Coup. Quebec VII (Coup); Montreal VI-VII (W); food plant: epilobium. 



A. mac. cullochii Kirby. Godbout River VI (Coup); Montreal VI (St); St. Johns (C). 



A. octomaculata Fabr. Fox Bay, Anticosti (Coup); Cacouna VII (Sa); St. Hilaire VI (W); 

 St. Johns VI (W); Montreal VI (W); Rosemere VII (W); food plant: grape. 



Family PANTHEIDAE 



The moths differ from the following large family in the venation of the wings and the 

 thorax is shorter and squarer. 



PANTHEA Hubn. 



P. acronyctoides Walk. Montmorenci Falls VI (L); Montreal V (W); Riv. Rouge VI (D'U). 

 P. furcilla Pack. Gaspe (B); Levis (Fy); food plants: larch and pine. 



DEMAS Steph. 



D. fflavicornis Smitt. Montreal VI (C); St. Hilaire VI (W); Newaygo VI (So). 

 D. proplnquilinea Grh, Montreal VI (W); food plants: birch, oak, maple, beech. 



CHARADRA Walk. 

 C. deridens Guen. Montreal VI-VII (W); Levis (Fy); food plants: oak, poplar, birch, elm. 



RAPHIA Hubn. 



R. f rater Grt. Metis VII (W); Levis (Fy); St. Johns VI (C); East Bolton VII (W); Montreal 

 VI (W); Rigaud VII (W); food plants: poplar, willow. 



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