INSECTS OF THE SASSAFRAS. 
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The moth. — Tawny yellow, thorax with darker patches. Basal two-thirds of costa 
dark, below deeper tawny, with wrinkled white and blackish hairs in lines. Tibi» 
provided externally with long white hairs, while the denser tarsal hairs are mostly 
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Fig. 214.— Lagoa opercularis, after Riley. Larva and cocoon, after Hubbard. 
black. Abdomen with rather long, dense, evenly cut coarse hairs, forming a short, 
broad anal tuft. Length of body, .65; expanse of wings, 1.90 inches. North Caro- 
lina to Texas. 
3. Lagoa pyxidif era (Abbot and Smith). 
The caterpillar of this species, according to Abbot and Smith, feeds on 
the winter whortleberry, sassafras, red root, oak, etc. M When taken 
the caterpillar was entirely clothed with long white hairs. On the 
26th of July it shed its skin, and then appeared as in the figure. It 
has fourteen holders, and the head is retractile. The web was formed 
on the 7th of August, and the moth came out May 18, following. Like 
the former, it does not change to a chrysalis till the spring, but it has 
not, like that, a door to its web. Many individuals of this- species do 
not spin till late in autumn. The moth is closely similar to the fore- 
going, but we have never seen it. 
The following species also occur on the sassafras : 
Order Lepidoptera. 
4. Papilio glaucus (Linn.). 
5. Apatelodes tor ref acta (Abb.-Sm.) 
6. Callosamia promethea (Drury.) 
7. Samia cynthia Hiibner. S. D. Hulst (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, i, 
p. 91.) 
8. Hyperchiria io (Fabr.) 
9. Twniocampa incerta (Hiibn.). See p. 172. 
10. Eutrapela clemetaria (Sin.- Abb.) 
11. Platynota flavedana Clem. Miss Murtfeldt in Fernald's Oat. Tor- 
tricidae, p. 22. 
12. Eudemis botrana (Schiff.) Clemens (see Fernald's Cat. Tortricidae, 
p. 28.) _ . 
13. Sericoris niveiguttana (Grote.) Miss Murtfeldt (Fernald's Cat. Tor- 
tricidae, p. 36.) 
14. Oracilaria sassafrasella Chamb. The larva, when very young, mines 
the leaves; when older, rolls them downwards. (Chambers.) - 
