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P. 7-3. In a coarse silk cocoon on the ground amongst 

 debris, and sometimes just below soil. 

 May pass 2 or 3 years in this stage. 

 Found pupae should be kept out of doors 

 till spring, and be given plenty of sun. 

 Comes out of the cocoon a few days 

 before the imago emerges. 



I. 3-4. Males fly in the sun ; females not till dusk. 

 Females assemble males in the early 

 afternoon, and commence laying almost 

 immediately. 



0. 3 or 4. In rows on twigs, often two deep. Sleeve 

 out in batches of a score in a yard 

 muslin sleeve. Hatch in about 3 weeks. 

 Females will lay in a box. 



vespertaria, Stph. =pamllelaria, Schiff. 

 vespiforme, Westw., non L.=tabaniformis, Rott. 



vespiformis, L. (asiliformis, Rott., cynipiformis, Esp.), Sesia. 

 (Yellow -legged Clearwing) 



L. 10-5 or 6. Feeds two years on inner bark of 

 Quercus, preferring stumps. Frass shows 

 whereabouts. 



P. 6. In a cocoon in a cell formed in the bark. 

 They emerge from the cocoon sometimes 

 before hatching. Saw four or five inches 

 off affected stumps in March or April. 



I. 7-8. 



0. 



Vestal, (sacraria, L., Sterrha) 



vestigialis, Rott. (valligera, Hb.), Agrotis (Euxoa). (Archer's 



Dart) 

 L. 8-5. On Anchusa, Artemisia campestris, Borago 



officinalis, Galium, Graminese, and Echium 



vulgare. 



P. 5-6. Below ground. 

 I. 7-8. Chiefly on coast sand-hills. 

 0. 



Vetch. ( Vicia) 



vetulata, Schiff., Scotosia. (Brown Scallop) 



L. 5-6. On Rhamnus catharticus. Rests between 

 spun leaves. 



