Scoliopteryx libatrix, Germ. 
This ls an interesting species on account of the shape of its wings 
differing from most of the Owlet moths. The fore wings have the 
outer margin scalloped, with a prominent point or angle in the middle 
They are yellowish gray, with a tinge of reddish orange quite promi¬ 
nent in the outer part, and are crossed by three transverse light lines 
the first single, one-third of the distance from the body; the second 
double, at two-thirds the distance; the last, a wavy line, less distinct 
running from the apex to the hind angle. An orange band runs from 
the base to the middle of the wing, where it turns a little to the costa. 
The costa and rims light gray. Hind wings smoky, with a central 
arcuated line. Expands an inch and three quarters. 
Hylina (Lithophane) cinerea, Riley—The Ash Gray Pinion. 
Prof. Riley in his 3d Missouri Report, says of the larva of this 
3pecies. There is a pale green worm, with cream-colored spots, and 
a broad cream-colored lateral band, which I have for several tears 
;obe c °mmon on the appie, poplar, hickory, and some other 
" ee -, the leaves of which it devours, but which last summer attracted 
unusual attention by its being frequently found boring into apples 
and peaches, and as I also commonly found it hiding in and feeding 
upon one of our large oak-apples (the spongifica ) we may conclude that 
general feeder, and that it is fond of boring ” 
lhis worm is found during the months of May and -June, and when 
fully grown burrows beneath the surface of the ground, where it forms 
a very thin cocoon of filmy silk, with the earth adhering to it on the 
outside. It changes to a mahogony brown chrysalis, and generally 
issues as a moth during the September or October following, though in 
haV u kn .°’l vn U t0 re main in the chrysalis ftate 
ttiiough the winter, and not issue as a moth till April ” ' 
he moth is of a dull gray on the fore wings and front part of the 
body, with the orbicular about the size and shape of the reniform, the 
lefined art R tUr tn d ° b 1( 1 ue -y outward ; sometimes the spots are clearly 
defined, when they are edged with black, at others they are indistinct" 
form'noky brown! t0 be ° bsCUre ' Hind win § s uni ’ 
Lithophane laticinerea, Grote. 
Tins species very closely resembles the preceding in the moth or 
lerfect state, but may be distinguished from it by the following char- 
icteristics: The gray has a slightly brownish tinge in ^e centre 
■i f v, re wmglS ' l , h ® oblong orbicular is constricted in the middle 
£ “, t0 b ? somewhat 8-shaped, both this and the reniform are slightly 
ncluded space lighTg’ray 6 tranSVerS6 line8 are distinctl T double - th « 
