Dalceridae 



The insect feeds in its larval stage upon the red-bud {Cercis). 

 The caterpillars are gregarious at first, but during the later part 

 of their life separate. The cocoon is made in the ground. The 

 insect occurs from New Jersey and southern Pennsylvania south- 

 ward in the Appalachian region at comparatively low elevations. 



Genus MEGALOPYGE Hiibner 



(i) Megalopyge opercuiaris Abbot & Smith, Plate XXXVII3, 

 Fig. 25, $ . 



Syn. lanuginosa Clemens ; subcitrina Walker. 



The moth is found in Georgia and the region of the Gulf 



States. 



Genus LAGOA Harris 



(1) Lagoa crispata Packard, Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 23, $. 

 (The White Flannel-moth.) 



The caterpillar feeds upon the flowering blackberry (Rubus 

 villosus), and ranges from Massachusetts southward along the 

 coast. 



(2) Lagoa pyxidifera Abbot & Smith, Plate XXXVIII, Fig. 

 24, $ . (The Yellow Flannel-moth.) 



This is a rare moth in collections. It is no doubt common 

 enough in its proper locality, but thus far few collectors have 

 succeeded in finding it. Its home is on the seaboard of the 

 Southern States. 



FAMILY DALCERID/E 



" So man, the moth, is not afraid, it seems, 

 To span Omnipotence, and measure night 

 That knows no measure, by the scanty rule 

 And standard of his own, that is to-day, 

 And is not ere to-morrow's sun go down." 



Cowper. The Task, VI, 211. 



This is another family which is represented in our fauna only 

 by a small number of species. Besides the insect known as 

 Dalcerides ingenita Henry Edwards, there is only one other 

 species referable to the family known to occur within the United 

 States. This insect is Pinccnia coa Schaus, a moth which is 

 not uncommon in Mexico, and occurs in Arizona as a straggler 

 into our territory. Dalcerides ingenita is likewise an inhabitant 



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