THE WHITE-MARKED TUSSOCK-MOTH. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



This species is widely distributed in North America east of the m 

 timberless regions of the West, extending northward as far as I 

 and southward well into the Southen . It is most abundant in 



the' Middle and New England States, but it is a noticeable fact that 



wherever it occurs it is inure frequent within our 



and orchards near by, than in the woods remote from human habitation. 



