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most magnificent insects and may have a wing spread of about 6 inches. It 

 is reddish brown with bright brick red markings and may be recognized by 

 reference to plate 43, figure 3. 



The larva is generally feared and in Virginia it is known as the hickory 

 horned devil, an appellation which does not appear to be limited to that 

 section of the country. The appearance of the caterpillar renders people 

 very timid in handling it, though as a matter of fact, it is harmless. The 

 pupa IS black, short and thick, and may be found under ground. The 

 moths appear during the last half of June. This species is very rarely 

 abundant enough to cause material injury. 



Bibliography 

 1890 Packard, A. S. U. S. Em. Com. 5th Rep't, p. 301, 331 



Yellow striped oak caterpillar 

 Anisofa senatoria Abb. & Sm. 



A black spiny caterpillar with lour orange yellow stripes on the back, and two along 

 each side, frequently strips the foliage from scrub and other oaks in August. 



This insect is extremely common on the scrub oaks at Karner, 

 where it annually causes considerable injury. It is not unusual to see 

 froin one half to two thirds of these oaks stripped of foliage the latter part of 

 August, or in early September, and more or less dead sprouts occur in that 

 section as a result of this insect's work. The two scrub oaks, Ouercus 

 ilici folia and O. p r i n o i tl e s have very little commercial value, and 

 the abundance of the insect in this localit) can not be regarded as a serious 

 evil. This pest however, attacks valuable oaks, as ob.served by the writer 

 in 1900 on I^ong Island, and its depredations on such may cause consider- 

 able loss. 



Early history. The attention of Dr Fitch was attracted to this insect 

 in the latter part of August 1858, when he observed large numbers of the 

 caterpillars in a cemetery at Saratoga where the}' had stripped most of the 

 leaves from the oaks, and were at that time descending the trees probably 

 in search of food elsewhere as few of them appeared to have attained full 



