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Black-headed, yellowish green, black-spotted, false caterpillars nearly ^ inch long, feed 



in August on chokecherry foliage Hylotoraa m a c 1 e ay i, p. 549 



A small, red leaf beetle about ?' s inch long, eats in midsummer irregular, round holes in 

 the leaves of wild cherrytrees 



Clierry leaf beetle, G a 1 e r u c e 1 1 a cavicollis, p. 550 

 Web tents in the forks of wild cherry and apple trees in early spring 



Apple tent caterpillar, Malacosoma americana, p. 550 

 Brown, webbed-together leaves occur on wild cherry shoots in July and August 



Cherry scallop shell moth, Hydria 11 n d u 1 a t a, p. 551 

 Yellow, black-headed caterpillars about ^ inch long, web together chokecherry leaves in 



midsummer Ugly nest cherry worm, Arc hips cerasivorana, p. 552 



A greenish solitary sawfiy larva resting on its venter on the underside of shadbush leaves 



Pteronus thoracicus, p. 553 

 A large, brownish caterpillar with conspicuous angular, cream-colored markings on its 

 middle and at its posterior extremity, is sometimes abundant on prickly ash 



Orange dog, Papilio t h o a s, p. 554 

 A small leaf miner works in sour gum leaves the latter part of August and early September, 

 cutting oval cases therefrom the latter part of that month 



Sour gum case cutter, Antispila n y s s a e f o 1 i e 1 1 a, p. 555 

 A red-headed, blue flea beetle about inch long, is sometimes abundant on locust and 



apple foliage Red-footed flea beetle, Crepidodera rufipes, p. 556 



Large, pale green caterpillars about 2 inches long, with a red neck and large, red head and 

 yellow spot on each side of the mouth, draw the leaves of locust together and feed 



by night Locust leaf folder, Epargyreus tityrus, p. '556 



A large, delicate, bluish white caterpillar with four large, yellow or red tubercles on the 

 posterior thoracic segment and a large one on the dorsum of the eighth abdominal 

 segment, feeds on the foliage of lilac and a number of trees and plants 



Promethea moth, C a 1 1 o s am i a prom e the a, p. 557 

 A whitish, green-tinted sawfly larva on willow, white and yellow birch, belongs to this 



species Pristiphora sycophant a, p. 5 5 7 



A pale brown, black-spotted beetle about % inch long, is occasionally destructive to 



willow and poplar Poplar leaf beetle, Phytodecta pallida, p. 558 



A somewhat tuberculate, angular, reddish brown, yellowish marked caterpillar about 1 inch 

 long, feeds singly on willow and poplar 



Viceroy, Basilarchia a r c h i p p u s, p. 559 

 A peculiar, light green, brown-marked caterpillar with a pair of long, slender, annulated 

 caudal appendages, occurs on willows and poplars Harpyia c i n e r e a, p. 559 



