658 William T. M. Forbes 



2. CICINNUS Blanchard 

 (Perophora, in. part) 



1. C. melsheimeri Harris. Wings light gray, shaded with rose, especially toward 

 margin and on under side of fore wing, and dotted with black. A blackish post- 

 medial line, bent sharply at R 3 , and more or less traces of an antemedial line on 

 fore wing, and a straight postmedial line on hind wing. A black discal bar. 35—45 

 mm. (H 41:17.) 



June. Commonest on sandy barrens. Caterpillar on oak, usually on scrub oak, 

 in an ellipsoidal and rather neatly made case, covered with two pieces of leaf; 

 caterpillar with two long clubbed setae on the head. 



Massachusetts to Wisconsin and southward. New York: Hempstead Plain, Yap- 

 hank, Long Island. Will probably prove widespread in sandy territory. 



