PINE CATERPILLARS. 773 
93. Tolype laricis Fitch. 
Mr. A. R. Gilbert, of Rochester, N. Y., reports finding six cocoons of 
this moth on the white pine (Papilio, iii, p. 25). Mr. R. Bunker also has 
found sixteen cocoons on the white pine. (Can. Ent., xv, p. 160.) It 
seems, however, to be more common on the spruce and larch. (See 
Larch Insects.) 
94. Balesidota argentata Packard. 
This moth has been raised by Dr. Behr from larvae found feeding on 
pine leaves in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Grass Valley. No 
description was made, but Mr. Stretch says they were dark brown, 
somewhat resembling that of R. edwardsii. 
Moth. — Head and thorax pale buff yellow ; base and sides of the front walnut 
brown ; center of prothoracic pieces brown. Patagia margined with brown, within 
very broadly so. Fore wings walnut brown with five rows of large irregular round 
or ovate silver white spots, except the costal spots, which are buff yellow ; two basal 
spots yellow ; inner margin of the wing buff as far as the first line, which is slightly 
curved, the middle dot of which last is much smaller than the others. In the second 
line, which is straight, the submedian spot is transversely broad, oblong; costal 
spot largest. The third row does not extend to the inner margin. The spots making 
up the marginal and last row are uniformly round. Fringe and termination of 
nervules pale buff. Hind wings white ; middle of the costa, the apex, and discal dot 
brown ; beneath much as above, a little paler. Legs buff, base of femora and tips 
of tibiae and tarsi broadly annulated with brown. Abdomen buff above, beneath 
brown. Expanse of wings, 2.05 inches. 
95. The yellow bear. 
Spilosoma virginica Fabr. 
I have found this omnivorous caterpillar feeding on the pitch pine in 
Maine the first of September. 
96. The pine parorgyia. 
Parorgyia parallel a G. & R. 
(Larva, Plate xxxv ; fig. 3.) 
This fine moth was first bred from larvae on the pine in June and also 
in October, by Mr. Lintner, who reared the larva from eggs laid July 
25 by the moth in confinement. His caterpillar developed fully by the 
first week in November. This species has also been reared by Mr. 
Seifert, of New York City, and we also have it from eggs received 
from Miss Morton, of Newburg, N. Y., and also from eggs sent us by 
Prof. R. Thaxter, from Aiken, S. O. We fed our larvaBon oak leaves, 
which they freely ate, thriving well in confinement. 
The moth. — Female. Is a large thick-bodied moth, with short, broad wings and 
heavily pectinated antennae. It is named from the dark parallel longitudinal stripes 
on the upper surface of the fore wings. The fore wings are pale olive-ash, much 
clouded with brown and with scattered dark scales. The basal half of the front 
