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Black-headed, yellowish green, black-spotted, false caterpillars nearly }<^ inch long, feed 



in August on chokecherry foliage H y 1 o t o m a m a cl e a y i, p. 549 



A small, red leaf beetle about » '5 inch long, eats in midsummer irregular, round holes in 

 the leaves of wild cherrytrees 



Cherry leaf beetle, G a 1 e.r u c e 1 1 a c a v i c o 11 i s, p. 550 

 Web tents in the forks of wild cherry and apple trees in early spring 



Apple tent caterpillar, M a 1 a c o s o m a a m e r i c a n a, p. 550 

 Brown, webbed-together leaves occur on wild cherry shoots in July and August 



Cherry scallop shell motli, Hydria u n d u 1 a t a, p. 551 

 Yellow, black-headed caterpillars about Ja'inch long, web together chokecherry leaves in 



midsummer Ugly nest cherry worm, Archips c e r a si v o r an a, p. 552 



A greenish solitary sawfly larva resting on its venter on the underside of shadbush leaves 



P t e r o n u s t h o r a c i c u s, p. 553 

 A large, brownish caterpillar with conspicuous angular, cream-colored markings on its 

 middle and at its posterior extremity, is sometimes abundant on prickly ash 



Orange dog, P a p i 1 i o t h o a s, p. 554 

 A small leaf miner works in sour gum leaves the latter jKirt of August and early September, 

 cutting oval cases therefrom the latter part of that month 



Sour gum case cutter, A n t i s p i 1 a n y s s a e f o 1 i e 1 1 a, p. 555 

 A red-headed, blue flea beetle about }4 inch long, is sometimes abundant on locust and 



apple foliage Red-footed flea beetle, C r e p i d o d e r a r u f i p e s, p. 556 



Large, pale green caterpillars about 2 inches long, with a red neck and large, red head and 

 \ellow spot on eacli side of the mouth, draw the leaves of locust together and feed 



by night Locust leaf folder, E i)argy r e u s t i t y r u s, p. 556 



A large, delicate, bluish white caterpillar with four large, yellow or red tubercles on the 

 posterior thoracic segment and a large one on the dorsum of the eighth abdominal 

 segment, feeds on the foliage of lilac and a number of trees and plants 



Promethea moth, C a 1 1 o s a m i a p r o m e t h e a, p. 55 7 

 A whitish, green-tinted sawfly larva on willow, white and yellow birch, belongs to this 



species P r i s t i [) h o r a s y c o p h a n t a, p. 55 7 



A pale brown, black-spotted beetle about }{ inch long, is occasionally destructive to 



willow and poplar Poplar leaf beetle, Ph y t odec t a pallida, p. 55S 



A somewhat tuberculate, angular, reddish brown, yellowish marked caterpillar about i inch 

 long, feeds singly on willow and poplar 



Viceroy, Basilarchia archippus, p. 559 



A peculiar, light green, brown-marked caterpillar with a pair of long, slender, annulated 



caudal appendages, occurs on willows and poplars H a r p y i a c i n e r e a, p. 559 



