196 Tall Bearded Iris 



In "The Moth Book," by Dr. W. J. Holland, it is 

 stated in reference to Macronoctua onusta: "There is 

 only one species of this genus, which occurs in the 

 Southern Atlantic States." However it may have been 

 at one time, its occurrence is not now confined to 

 that district. 



On account of its peculiar coloration and its noc- 

 turnal habits the parent moth is seldom seen. It 

 has been reared at a few Experimental Stations, and 

 accounts by some of the observers of it there, and 

 their conclusions, have been published,* upon which, 

 in the main, the descriptions following are based. 



The moth is almost two inches across the wings. 

 The fore wings are a variable dark purplish brown, 

 and the hind wings are mostly a yellowish brown 

 with purplish brown near the tip. The thorax is 

 thickly covered with purplish brown scales and the 

 abdomen with light brown scales. 



One of the antennae of the specimen from which 

 the accompanying illustration was made (Fig. LI) 

 had been broken off. 



The moth appears in the fall, usually September or 

 October, and lives but a short time. It begins to 

 lay its eggs, which are about an eighth of an inch in 



*Mr. A. F. Winn: Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 46, page 296. 

 Dr. Roland Thaxter: Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 23, page 35. 

 Mr. Arthur Gibson: Canadian Entomologist, Vol. 36, page 355, and 34th 

 Report Ontario Entomological Society, page 49. 



Mr. Henry Bird: Journal N. Y. Entomological Society, Vol. X, page 215. 

 Dr. E. P. Felt: 27th Report N. Y. State Entomologist, page 52, 1912, and 

 30th Report, page 71. 

 Dr. W. E. Britton: i8th Report Conn. State Entomologist, page 331. 



