Cochlidiidae 



Genus SISYROSEA Grote 



(i) Sisyrosea textula Herrich-Schaeffer, Plate XLV1I, Fig. 



14. ? 



Syn. inornata Grote & Robinson. 



The insect occurs in the eastern portion of our territory. It is 

 not rare about Pittsburgh. 



Genus NATADA Walker 



(1) Natada nasoni Grote, Plate XLVil, Fig. 13, $. (Nason's 

 Slug.) 



Syn. daona Druce ; rude Henry Edwards. 



The moth ranges from the southern portions of the Atlantic 

 coast westward and southward to Texas and Mexico. 



Genus PHOBETRON Hubner 



(1) Phobetron pithecium Abbot & Smith, Plate I, Fig. 14, 

 larva; Plate XLVII, Fig. 6, 6 , Fig. 7, 9 . (The Monkey Slug.) 



Syn. abbotana Hubner; nigricans Packard; hyalinus Walsh; tetradactylus 

 Walsh ; no?idescriptus Wetherby. 



The perfect insects are quite dissimilar in the two sexes. The 

 larva, which is a very curious object, feeds upon the Rosacea*, the 

 Cupuliferce, and various low-growing shrubs, as the sassafras, 

 alder, and Spiraea. The species is found in the Appalachian sub- 

 region, and was quite common in western North Carolina in 

 former years, and may be so still. The larvae are generally to be 

 found close to the ground. 



Genus ISOCH^ETES Dyar 



(1) Isochaetes beutenmiilleri Henry Edwards, Plate 

 XLVII, Fig. 17, 9. 



This is a rare little insect, which has practically the same dis- 

 tribution as the preceding species. 



Genus ALARODIA Moeschler 



(1) Alarodia slossoniae Packard, Plate XLVII, Fig. 18, 9. 

 (Slosson's Slug.) 



This remarkable little species inhabits in the larval stage the 

 mangroves which grow in the swampy lands on the southern 

 coast of Florida. A good account of its habits has been pub 



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