ins WILLIAM T. M. FOKUKS 



is rod <>r yellow, purple. ;md white. It feeds on a]i])le and many other trees and 

 shrubs. 



Xe\v York to Illinois and southward. Xe\v York: Staten Island, Woodhaven. 

 etc.. Long Island. 



2. P. chloris Horrieh-SchicU'er. Antennu- of male broadly pectinate rather beyond 

 middle. Similar to /'. hitfetcniiiiia. smaller; the outer border generally broader 

 and more even in outline, with the veins across it generally darker; no darker 

 patch at middle. 20-25 mm. (fratcrna Packard, A'rcrm Herrich-Schseffer. ) 

 (H 47:20 c? 2ft ?.) 



The larva is strongly humped anteriorly, with much-reduced spines and a 

 pointed tail. It is dead-leaf brown with a red, posterior patch. 



Southern New York; and New Jersey to Western Pennsylvania. New York: 

 New Windsor. Staten Island. Forest Park. Brooklyn. 



7. MONOLEIT-A Grote and Robinson 

 (Limacodes, in part) 



Antenna 1 of male pectinate beyond middle, palpi like Fuclea ; fore wings evenly 

 rounded, with R ;1 and R 4 completely fused; R., stalked.. I5uilt slighter than Kuclea. 

 Larva with spines short and subequal, the lateral ones on first segment of abdo- 

 men missing, replaced by the spiracle, a pair of spines at each end of body 

 somewhat longer than the others. 



1. M. semifascia Walker. Fore wing red-brown with a narrow, somewhat wavy, 

 white fascia from about the middle of cell to inner margin. 20 mm. 



The moth tlies in July. The larva is vermilion red with two pairs of ver- 

 milion stripes edged with yellow, running along the rows of spines. There are 

 also dorsal and lateral bands, each composed of three blue lines, and a subventral 

 band of two lines. 



M. subdentosa is probably found only south of our area. 



8. ADONETA Clemens 



Similar to Euclea. Fore wing (fig. 68) with outer margin slightly con- 

 cave below apex, R., and R^ united, stalked with R 5 ; R 2 free. Larva with short 

 spines, without detachable caltrop spines between the terminal ones, spines on 

 abdominal segments 2, f>, and S longer than those between, but all very small. 



1. A. spinuloides Herrich-Schacffer. Fore wing brown, of various shades, tend- 

 ing to be darker, and generally also dark-shaded on the veins toward the 

 margin. An irregular and broken dark postmedial line edged with white toward 

 costa and inner margin, or (in a single specimen seen) with small green patches 

 like E. delphinii. 20 mm. (H. 47:3 1. 



The larva eats various shrubs. It is green, with a broad, irregular, purple 

 dorsal band, and yellow subdorsals, the terminal spines sliort. The moth flies in 

 July and August. 



Montreal to Illinois, south to North Carolina. New York: Albany, New 

 Windsor, Staten Island. Pinelawn. Yaphank, Long Island. 



A. leucosigma Packard is probably a variety of this species in which the dark 

 marginal shading is absent. It is reported from New York to Texas. I have 

 seen no specimens from a definite locality in New York. 



2. A. bicaudata Dyar. Ground color light yellow, the border diffusely and 

 rather narrowly cinnamon brown. Markings as in .1. spinuloides, but often with- 

 out the dark discal bar. Larva with a pair of long spines at posterior end. 



This form is known from the District of Columbia to North Carolina. 



