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LEPIDOPTERA. 
their cocoons (Plate VI. Fig. 2), Avhich are oval, thin, and 
hairy, like those of the other Arctians. The chrysalis is 
short, thick, and rather blunt, but not rounded at the hinder 
end, and not downy. The moths, which come out of the 
cocoons durincr the month of June, are of a very lifrlit ochre- 
yellow color; the fore Avings are long, rather narroAv, and 
almost pointed, are thickly and finely sprinkled Avith little 
broAvn dots, and haA^e tAvo oblique broAvnish streaks passing 
backAvards from the front edse, AAuth three roAvs of Avhite 
semi-transparent spots parallel to the outer hind margin ; the 
hind Avings are A^eiy^ thin, semi-transparent, and Avithout spots ; 
and the shoulder-coA’ers are edcjed Avithin Avith lio;ht broAvn. 
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They expand from one inch and seA^en eighths to tAvo inches 
and a quarter or more. The Avings are roofed Avhen at 
rest; the antennae are long, Avith a double, narroAv, feathery 
edging, in the males, and a double roAV of short, slender teeth 
on the under side, in the females; the feelers are longer 
than in the other Arctians, and not at all hairy; and the 
tongue is short, but spirally curled. This kind of moth does 
not appear to haA^e been described before, and it cannot be 
placed in any of the modern genera belonging to the Arcti¬ 
ans ; for this reason I pro¬ 
pose to call it JLo^liocam- 
Caryce (Fig. 175); the 
first name meanino; crested 
caterpillar, and the second 
beina; the scientific name 
of the hickorAX on Avhich 
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it lives. In England, the moths that come from caterpillars 
haAung long pencils and tufts on their backs are called tus¬ 
sock-moths ; AA'e may name the one under consideration the 
hickoiT tussock-moth. 
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In August and September I haA’e seen on the black wal¬ 
nut, the butternut, the ash, and eA^en on the oak, catei’pillars 
exactly resembling the foregoing in shape, but differing in 
• [21 Lojyhocampa is JIalesidota AValker. — Morris.] 
