272 INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Eu])lexiii lucipara (L.) 

 Nepbelodes viohins Guen. 

 Ilydroecia nictitans Bonk. 



Lapliygma friigiperda (Sm. and Abb.) (Grass-worm). 



Leuc-ania pallens L. Le'.icania unipuncta, (Haw.) (Army worm 



of the Xorth.) 

 phragmitidicola Gr. pf^eudargyria Guen. 



Aletia xylina (Say). (Cotton worm). 

 Plusia brassicae Riley. (Cabbage looper). 

 Ileliothis armitrera Hiibi. (Bjll-Worm or Corn E.ir Worm). 



FAMILY GEOMETRID.E. 



The larvae of the Geometridae are familiarly known as " measuring- 

 worms," or " loopers." Dr. Packard, in his MonograjDh, referred to before, 

 enumerates 184 species found in the limits of the Alleghanian and Caro- 

 linian faunae, and the great majority of these are doubtless to be found 

 in South Carolina. A common example is the " Gooseberry Span-worm " 

 {Eufitclda riberia, Fitch). The larva of Eugonia siibsignaria (Hiibn.) has 

 recently done much damage to frnit trees in Fannin County, Georgia, 

 and is very common in South Carolina. 



FAMILY PYRALID.E. 



This is a poorly defined and very miscellaneous family. It has recently 

 been split up into several smaller families, but it answers our purpose to 

 consider it as a whole. The habits of the larvae are extremely varied, 

 and many of them are very injurious. The most injurious South Caro- 

 lina species are subjoined : 



Asopia costalis (Fabr.) (The Clover Hay "Worm). 



Pempelia lignosella Zell, (The smaller Corn-Stalk Borer). 



Distraea sacchari (Fabr.) (The large Corn-Stalk and Sugar-Cane Borer). 



Chilo oryzaeellus Riley. (The Rice-Stalk Borer). 



FAMILY TORTRICID.E. LEAF ROLLERS. 



This is a large family of -small moths, the larvae of which roll the 

 leaves of different trees and plants. Although injurious to a certain 

 degree, they rarely occur in sufficiently great numbers to become mark- 



