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1898, Felt, Bui. 23, N. Y. State Mus. Nat. Hist, 23:191-201. 



1898, Weed, Bui. 17, (n. s.) Div. Ent. U. S. Dept. Agrk, pp. 76-78. 

 tl899, Lpw«, Bui. 159, N. Y. State Aigrf. Exp. Sta., pp. 35-56. 



1899, Weed, B»J. 6i, N. H. Agri. Exp. Sta., pp. 77-98. 



Autotneris io Fahr. (Syn. Hypercheria). The lo Moth. The large 

 green larva of this moth is a somewhat omniverous feeder, devourmg 

 the leaves of a large number of forest trees and shrubs. 



1869, Walsh and Riley, Am. Ent., 2 : 31. 



1872, Lintner, Ent. Contributions No. 2, pp. 146-149. 



1874, Reed, Can. Ent., 6:227-229. 



1874, Reed, Ann. Rept. Ent. Soc. Ont., pp. 11-13. 



1890, Packard, 5th Rept. U. S. Ent. Comm., pp. 373, 394-395. 



Family Aegeridae. 



Memythurs robiniae Hy. Edwards. (Syn. Sciapteron.) Larva 

 bores in the trunk of black locust trees, also the downy poplar in Cali- 

 fornia. 



1889, Riley and Howard, Insect Life, 2 : 18. 



1890, Packard, 5th Rept. U. S. Ent. Comm., p. 360. 



Family Bombycidae. 



Euproctis chrysorrhoae Linn. The Brown Tail Moth. A Euro- 

 pean pest accidentally introduced into Massachusetts about 1890, from 

 which it has spread northeastward into southern New Hampshire, and 

 local outbreaks have been reported from Maine and New BrunswicK. 

 The adults emerge during the early part of July, and soon after the 

 female deposits her eggs in a mass from two hundred to four hundred, 

 on the under side of the leaves on the outside of the trees, usually near 

 the top. The larvae hatch in from fifteen to twenty days and feed until 

 cold weather, when they retire to a closely spun winter web. They begin 

 feeding again with the return of spring, eating the opening buds. After 

 the last larval molt the body is covered with minute, easily detached, 

 barbed hairs, which cause an intense burning sensation wherever they 

 come in contact with the human skin. Cutting and burning the webs, 

 and spraying with arsenical poisons, are the most effective measures of 

 control. 



1903, Fernald and Kirkland, Rept. on Life, History and Habits of 

 the Imported Brown-tail Moth, pp. 73. 



t Description, life history and food plants. 



