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is red or yellow, purple, and white. It feeds on apple and many other trees and 

 shrubs. 



New York to Illinois and southward. New York : Staten Island, Woodhaven, 

 etc., Long Island. 



2. P. chloris Herrich-Schffiffer. Antennae of male broadly pectinate rather beyond 

 middle. Similar to P. indetermina, 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. (fraterna Packard, -Necera Herrick-Schaeffer.) 

 (H 47:26 <? 29 ?.) 



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. MONOLEUCA Grote and Robinson 



(Limacodes, in part) 



Antennas of male pectinate beyond middle, palpi like Euclea; fore wings evenly 

 rounded, with R 3 and R 4 completely fused; R 2 stalked. Built slighter than Euclea. 

 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 flies 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 3 and Rj united, stalked with R,; R 2 free. Larva with short 

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

 abdominal segments 2. 5, and 8 longer than those between, but all very small. 



1. A. spinuloides Herrich-Schseffer. 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). 



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

 dorsal band, and yellow subdorsals, the terminal spines short. 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 A. 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. 



