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in size and colors; growing to about an inch in length and then 
dispersing and spinning their cocoons in crevices of the bark and 
similar sheltered situations; the moth appearing the fore part of 
the following summer, a milk white miller without any spots or 
dots on its wings, its fore thighs tawny yellow in front and the 
anterior feet alternated with black and white on their fore side. 
Width 1.25 to 1.35. This is quite common some years, and 
occurs upon the ash, willow, and several other trees. See 
Harris’s Treatise, p. 276. 
A Brazilian moth very similar to that of our Fall web worm, has been sent 
me from Bahia, by my friend A. de Lacerda. In this the basal part of the 
outer edge of the fore wings and the feet are blackish, and the four anterior 
shanks are orange yellow on their outer side with a blackish spot on their base 
and another on their middle. Its expanded wings measure 1.50. Its pupa is 
white with the abdomen flesh colored and is beautifully variegated with sym¬ 
metrical black stripes and spots, from which circumstance, as I meet with no 
description of this species, I have named it in my collection, Hyphantria picti- 
pupa or the Painted puppet. 
89. Yellow-neckf.d ermine moth, Ilyphantria collaris, new species. 
A moth closely related to the preceding and doubtless possess¬ 
ing the same habits, has been sent me from Mississippi, and pro¬ 
bably occurs throughout the southern states. It is milk white 
and glossy, its head, neck, base of the outer edge of the fore 
wings and the anterior hips are pale ochre yellow, and its feet 
pale brown. Width 1.35. 
90. Dotted ermine moth, Hyphantria punctata, new species. 
A worm similar to that of the Fall web worm and possessing 
the same habits, producing in June a milk white miller having a 
continuous black stripe on the fore side of its anterior feet and 
shanks, their thighs and hips being yellow in front, and the fore 
wings having a black central dot, and in the males a row of 
small blackish spots extemding from the middle of the inner 
margin to the tip. Width 1.65 to 2.00. This is frequently met 
with in our district, though much less common than the Fall web 
worm. 
