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MEMOIRS OF THE NATIOilAL ACADEMY OF SClEilCES. 
“Tlife pupa of this species is quite similar to that of others of the genus^ presenting littie 
if any good distinguishing characters. The specimen in the collection is a shell only, and the 
anterior Imlf is destroyed hy the emergence of tlie perfect insect. The general shape is robust 
and the posterior extremity is obtusely truncate, and there is a slight obtuse undivided elevation 
at tiie extreme tip.” (Riley IMS.) 
Cocoon, — “This is composed of scattering, coarse threads of reddish brown silt, in which 
particles of earth and sand ax‘e incoi'porated. Length, 25 mm.; width, 10 mm.” (Riley MS.) 
Habits, — It occurred on Qttereas alba October 7, at Providence, when it began to pupate, the 
moth appearing the following June. The larva is less common than that of JSTadata glbhosa. 
Abbot and Smith remark that in Georgia it “feeds on the overcup oak and other kinds of the 
same genus. Some went into the ground May 30 and came out the 15th of June. Others that 
Avent in tlie Kith of October remained till the 20th of April.” From this it appears that in the 
Southern States this species is double brooded. 
Dr. Harris found it at Milton, 31ass., June 17, “inactive on trunk of an oak,” Larva occurs 
in September and October; the moths in June, July, and August. (Riley). 
Food plants. — Dillerent si)ecies of oak. 
Geographical distribution. — It ranges from Massachusetts (Harris) to Georgia (Abbot) ; Ithaca, 
Y. Y. (Mrs. Feriiald); PlaLLsburg, X. Y. (Hudson); Texas, Missouri, Georgia, and District of 
Columbia (U. S. Xat. Mus.); IMaiue, Massachusetts, Georgia (French); Xew Jersey, Arkansas 
(Palm); Illinois, Florida (Strecker). 
Lopliodonta ferruginea Packard. 
(PI. IV, figs. 1,2.) 
Lopliodonta ferruginea Pack., Proc. Eiit. Soc. Phil., iii, p. S57, 1S64. 
Grote, Check List N. Amer. Lep., p. 19, 1882. 
Smith, List Lep. Bor. Amer., p. 30, 1891. 
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Lei). Hot., i, p. 602, 1892. 
Neum. and Kyar, Trans. Amer. Eiit. Soc., xxi, p. 196, June, 1894, Journ. K. Y. Ent. So'c. ii, 
p. 115, Sept., 1894. 
Larva. 
(PI. XVIII, figs. l-4c.) 
Tkaxterj Can. Ent., xxiii, p. 34, Feb., 1891. (Food plant stated.) 
Difur, Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist., xxvi, p. 394, Nov., 1894. 
Moth.— $ and 9 . Ferruginous or brick-red, with blackish ashen scales. The head and 
prothorax arc blatdcish ashen, while the red of the thorax, together Avith most of the fore Avings 
is ferruginous; the latter are ferruginous at base, interrupted on the costa by two short white 
hues forming the end of a single line. Beyond is a dark band shaded Avithiii with ashen, and lined 
Avithoiit by four rusty, Avhitish luuules, margined beyond by a ferruginous line. Toward the 
costa beyond this line and within the twin united rusty Avhite discal spots are some transverse 
irregular Avhitish patches. The outer third of the Aviiig is darker than the middle, AA'hile the 
veins are almost black. There is a submarginal Ava\^ed lunate rusty white line, and while the 
fringe is dark, there are some white scales, and, what is generally not the case, the ends of the 
A^euules are Avhite. The tuft on the inner margin of the AViiig is broad and dark. 
Hind Avings rusty Avhite, with an obscure middle band Avhich becomes brown toward the costa, 
Avhich is margined Avithout Avith whitish; beyond these is a broad dusky band, most distinct upon 
the costa, Avhere it is twice waved, and limited externally Avith a short Avliite line. The margiu is 
black, Avhile the fringe is dusk^^ cinereous and coucolorous Avith the abdomen. 
Beneath, the body is much lighter in hue, and the Avings are still paler, being dirty white and 
crossed by a common middle obscure dusky line, Avhile the margiu next to the fringe is dark brown 
and interrupted by venules. 
Expanse of Avings, S , 45 mm.; length of body, 6 ,1S mm. 
This species is closely allied to the European L. droinedarius, not being congeneric Avith the 
European A. zlzac, Avhich is a true Xotodonta. Lopliodonta phmosa Edwards is a species of 
Heteroeampa. 
