INSECTS AFFECTING PARK AND WOODLAND TREES 



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rull orown is alK)ut '2 inch long^. It is oval in shape, closely appresscd to 

 the leaf, greenish and variably marked with red and pale orange, the latter 

 forming a pair of subdorsal stripes, in the course of which there may be 

 bright red blotches. Tubercles short and bearing numerous short spines. 

 This interesting caterpillar occurs on oak, chestnut, bayberry, Andromeda, 

 beech, sour gum, wild cherry and probably other deciduous trees. 



The life history of tliis group has been the subject of careful and 

 painstaking study by L)r Dyar, and those interested will find his biologic 

 and bibliographic accounts given below of extreme value. 



Bibliography 

 189s Dyar, H. G. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 3: 151-57 [Apoda y-inversa Pack.] 



1896 N. V. Ent. Soc. Joiir. 4:1-9 [S i b i n e s t i 111 u 1 e a Clem.]; p. 167-90 



[ T o r t r i c i d i a pallida Her.-Sch., E u 1 i m a c o d e s s c a p h a Harr., 

 P h o b e t r o n p i t h e c i u m Sm. & Abb., Sis y rosea text 11 la Her.- 

 Sch.] 



1897 N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 5:1-14 [T o r t r i c i d i a fasciola Her.-Sch., 



A d o n e t a s p i n u 1 o i d e s Her.-Sch., E u c 1 e a i n d e t e r m i n a 

 Boisd., Pa rasa c !i 1 o r i s Her.-Sch.]; p. 57-66 [Euclea delphinii 

 Boisd.]; p. 167-70 [.\ p o d a biguttata Pack.] 



1898 N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 6: 1-9 [P a c k a r d i a g e m i n a t a Pack., P. e 1 e g a n s 



Pack. I ; p. 94-98 [Heterogenea flexuosa Grote]; p. 241-46 

 [Heterogenea shurtleffii Pack.]; p. 151-58 [Tortricidia 

 testacea Pack.] 



1899 N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 7:61-67 [Natada nasoni Grote]; p. 234-53 



[Table of larvae, generic revision] 



Crinkled flannel moth 

 Lagoa crispata Pack. 

 A peculiar larva about i inch long, thickly covered with long mjuse-gray and fawn- 

 colored hairs, occurs on the foliage of various trees in September and October. 



This species is an interesting form because the larva possesses 14 

 abdominal legs and is very similar in habit to the allied slug caterpillars, 

 and like some of them, may inflict a severe sting. The larva rests flat 

 on the surface and appears for all the world like a bunch of hairs. It has 



