302 FIFTH REPORT OF THE 'ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION. 
52. Daiana ministra (Drury.) 
(Larva, Plate iv, tigs. 1, 2.) 
According to William Beutenmiiller,* this insect feeds on different 
Species of hickory. (Carya alba, 0, microcarpa, C. sulcata, C. amara, and 
C. porcina,)* See also Poplar insects. 
53. Apatela funeraUt Grote and Rob. 
The caterpillar is said by Mr. Thaxter to feed on the hickory, but no 
description of the larva has been yet published. 
f>4. Acroiiycta lithospila Grote. 
The caterpillar has been bred from the hickory by the late Mr. S. L. 
Elliot. 
Larva. — Very dark bluish green, darkest dprsally ; bead slightly truncate in 
front, with two slightly raised protuberances on the crown ; pitchy, with brown 
* Food-plants of Daiana ministra (Drury.) 
By "Wm. BeutexmI'llek, Ent. Amer. 
TILIACEiE. 
Tilia aniericana, L. (Bass wood.) 
heterophylla, Vent. (White Bass- 
wood.) 
europaea, L. (European Linden.) 
alba, Waldst & Kit. (White Lin- 
den.) 
ROSACEA. 
Prunus cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden 
Cherry.) 
Pyrus malus, Tourn. (Common Apple.) 
Cydonia vulgaris, Pers. (Common 
Quince.) 
JUGLANDACE.E. 
Juglans cinerea, L. (Butternut.) 
nigra, L. (Black Walnut.) 
Carya alba, Nutt. (Shell Bark Hickory.) 
microcarpa, Nutt. (Small Fruited 
Hickory.) 
sulcata, Nutt. (Western Shell 
Bark Hickory.) 
amara, Nutt. (Bitter Nut Hick- 
ory.) 
porcina, Nutt. (Pig-nut Hickory.) 
CUPULIFEtLB. 
Quercus alba, L. (White Oak.) 
obtusiloba, Michx. (Obtuse- 
leaved Oak.) 
macrocarpa, Michx. (Mossy-cup 
Oak.) 
Quercus cocciuea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) 
rubra, L. (Red Oak.) 
palustris, Du Roi. (Pin Oak.) 
pedunculata, Willd. (English 
Oak.) 
sessiliflora, Sal. (The Sessil- 
flowered Oak.) 
cerris, Linn. (Turkey Oak.; 
Castanea vesca, Gaert. (European Chest- 
nut.) 
Castanea vesca, v. Americana, De Cand. 
(American Chestnut.) 
Castanea pumila, Mil. (Chinquapin.) 
Fagus ferruginea, Ait. (Red Beech.) 
sylvatica, L. (European Wood 
Beech.) 
sylvatica, var. purpurea, Ait. 
* (Purple Beech.) 
sylvatica, var. cuprea, Lodd. 
(Copper Beech.) 
sylvatica var. laciniata, Lodd. 
(Cut-leaved Beech.) 
Corylus americaua, Walt. (American 
Hazel. ) 
avellana, L. (European Hazel.) 
Carpiuus americana, Michx. (Horn- 
beam.) 
BETULACE.E. 
Betula alba, L. (White Birch.) 
var. populifolia, Spach. (Ameri- 
can White Birch.) 
papyracea, Ait. (Paper Birch.) 
tFood-plants of Lepidoptera, No. 4. 
