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occidentalis G. and R., Acronycta 
The larva of Acronycta occidentalis is hairy, with a dark head and dorsal 
stripes. The remainder of the body is at first whitish but in later stages 
is reddish. Larvae of this species were feeding on Crataegus punctata 
foliage from August 13 to September. The species is not common. 
pyramidoides Guen., Amphipyra 
The larva of Amphipyra pyramidoides is green, with a white dorsal 
and two yellow lateral stripes, and is found feeding on native hawthorn 
leaves in May. One larva constructed a silken cocoon among dead leaves 
on the ground on June 2 and the moth emerged on July 18. The species is 
not common. 
radcliffe: Harv., Acronycta 
The larva of Acronycta radeliffet i is greenish or black, has a dorsal line 
of green or brown with faint yellow and red lines, has a amp on segment 
12, and is sparsely hairy. It feeds on the leaves. of Crataegus punctata 
from June 29 to July 22. The species is not common. 
superans Guen., Acronycta 
The larva of Acronycta superans is green, with a black dorsal line 
widened into a spot on several abdominal segments and with the last 
segment angularly elevated. There are few hairs on the body. It was 
feeding on Crataegus punctata leaves from June 9 to July 1, and pupated 
in a silken cocoon among leaves and decayed wood on the ground. The 
moth emerged on July 28. Only one larva was found. 
Notodontidae 
concinna A. and §., Schizura (Red-humped apple caterpillar) 
The brownish, red-humped larvae of Schizura concinna feed on leaves 
of native hawthorns during July, August, and early September. Occa- 
sionally they defoliate several branches of a tree, but they are not generally 
injurious as is Datana ministra. ‘They seem to prefer apple to hawthorn. 
On July 27, 1918, a count was made of the infested trees in several thickets 
where seedling apples and hawthorns were growing together. Although 
the hawthorns were much more numerous than the ‘apples, the latter 
had forty-six infested trees while the former had only three. 
manteo Doub., Heterocampa 
The larva of Heterocampa manteo is bright green marked with red. It 
was found feeding on the foliage of native hawthorns in late June and in 
July. The species is not very common. One larva taken from a Crataegus 
punctata tree on August 15 continued to feed in the cage until September 
2, when it wandered away to find a suitable place for spinning its cocoon. 
