62 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1917. 



caudad of the labrum; antennae broader at the proximal end, 

 where they slightly exceed the width of the prothoracic legs, 

 and tapering gradually to a pointed tip ; maxillae one-third the 

 length of the wings, their proximo-lateral angles separated from 

 the eye-pieces by almost the width of the latter; legs of about 

 the usual length, the prothoracic legs adjacent on the meson 

 caudad of the maxillae for a distance equal to the length of the 

 maxillae; mesothoracic legs meeting just caudad of the pro- 

 thoracic ones; wings adjacent on the meson for a short distance 

 caudad of the mesothoracic legs ; mesal length of the prothorax 

 slightly more than half that of the mesothorax which is shorter 

 than usual in the notodontids ; metathorax equal in length to 

 the first abdominal segment ; abdomen very finely, sparsely punc- 

 tate, some of the segments with a flanged plate or ridge along 

 the cephalic margin which is interrupted by deep pits, segments 

 4 to 6 with a similar plate along the caudal margin not inter- 

 rupted by pits ; cremaster, if present, very short, rough, and us- 

 ually . blunt. 



APATELODES TORREFACTA Smith and Abbot. 

 Fig. 6, G. 



Color very dark reddish brown; head usually smooth and 

 highly polished, sometimes roughened around the labrum.; an- 

 tennae ending slightly cephalad of the prothoracic legs ; thorax 

 with a few impressed lines and punctures ; prothorax always 

 with a small group of punctures in the caudo-lateral angle near 

 the spiracle; mesothoracic spiracle with an elevated caudal mar- 

 gin and caudad of this a slight depression ; abdominal segments 

 2 to 7 with an elevated cephalic ridge interrupted by pits, and 

 sparsely covered with very fine punctures and a few striations in 

 the spiracular region; segments 8 to 10 with a very few punc- 

 tures ; cremaster very short, less than 1 mm., rugose and scarce- 

 ly bifurcate at tip. 



Length 20 to 22 mm. ; greatest width 9 mm. 



The larva of this species has been taken in Maine on ash, 

 beach, plum, oak, sassafras and various species of Rubus. It 

 is very hairy, somewhat like a "woolly bear" and light grey in 

 color with two long pencils of hairs on the thorax and one on 

 the eighth abdominal segment. It enters the ground to pupate 



