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Empretia stimulea, Clem—The Saddle-back Moth. 
Spec. Ch. Moth. —Expands about an inch and a quarter. Fore wings 
of a rich, deep, velvety brown, with a reddish tinge, darker through 
the center. Near the apex are two small whhe spots, and, in the 
male, two more near the base, below the median vein. Hind wings, 
pale reddish browm. 
Larva —“Body, semi-cylindrical, truncated obliquely before and be¬ 
hind, with a pair of anterior, long, fleshy, subvascular, slenderly- 
spined horns, and a smaller pair beneath them, above the head; a 
posterior similar pair and a smaller anal pair beneath them. The 
superventral row of papulae are rather large and densely spined. 
After the last moulting, the longer horns become moderate in length. 
The portion of the body between the anterior and posterior horns is 
of a fine bright green color, bordered anteriorly and superventrally by 
white, with a central dorsal, oval and reddish brown patch bordered 
with white, W’hich color is again edged by a black line. The horns, 
papulae, and anterior portion of the body are reddish brown, with a 
small yellow spot between the anterior horns, while the posterior pair 
are placed in a yellow patch.”—Morris. 
The spines with which the horns are supplied, produce a sensation 
similar to that produced by nettles when they come in contact with 
any portion of the body w T bere the skin is thin; this sensation, how¬ 
ever, can seldom be felt on the palms. For this reason this caterpillar 
is one of several species that are familiarly known as stinging caterpillars. 
It feeds on a great variety of plants, among which are fruit trees, the 
rose and corn. 
Limacodes laticlavia, Clemens. 
General color of fore wings, reddish fawn color ; they are crossed be¬ 
yond the middle by a slightly oblique white band, with their projec¬ 
tions in the outer part, and a point on the inner side below the mid¬ 
dle. The band is shaded on the outside by a brown band, broader 
than the white, with a line of the same from the costal end of the 
brown to the outer margin; hind wings smoky gray; expands .70 of 
an inch. The antennae of the males slightly prectinate. This moth 
is attracted to houses by the light in July. The larvae feeds on maple. 
Thyridopteryx ephemer^eformis, Haw.—The Basket-w r orm. 
In many instances the cedar trees, as well as, occasionally, some 
others, have suspended from them—remaining throughout the win¬ 
ter—curious sack-like silken cases, pointed at each end, and covered 
over with bits of twigs and stems of the trees upon ’which the insects 
inhabiting them had fed. These are the cases of the basket or bag 
