Dyspteris abortivaria, Herr. Sch. 
I found the caterpillar of this species the fore part of August last, as 
a green worm, rolled up in a grape leaf, upon which it was feeding. 
In a few days it went into the dirt of its cage to undergo its transfor¬ 
mations, and in due season the green moth appeared. This exnands 
about seven-eighths of an inch, is of a pale green color, with an ob¬ 
lique light line running through both wings, but may be easily 
known from all similar colored geometrical moths, by the great differ¬ 
ence in size of the fore and hind wings, the fore wing being rather 
large, while the hind wings are not more than half as large as might 
be expected when compared with other moths of the same genus. 
Synchlora rubivoraria, Riley.—The Raspberry Geometer. 
In his first annual report of the Entomology of Missouri, Professor 
Riley describes this snecies, stating that it had been numerous during 
the preceding season in parts of southern Illinois. The caterpillar is 
light yellowish gray, a little over three-quarters of an inch long when 
full grown, and lives upon the fruit and leaves. It has, as Riley says, 
“the peculiar faculty of thoroughly disguising itself with pieces of 
berry, seed, pollen, and other debris of the fruit, which it sticks to 
a series of prickles with which it is furnished. Add to this disguise 
the habit which it has of looping itself into a small ball and it almost 
defies detection. It is most numerous during the months of June 
and July.” 
The moth has an expanse of wings of half an inch, is pale green 
color, with two transverse light lines running parallel with the outer 
margin. 
Anisopteryx autumnata, Pack—The Fall Canker Worm‘Moth. 
This species, called by some writers A. pometaria, is a little larger 
than the Spring Canker Worm, but has a similar habit, and like that 
species the larva not only strips apple trees of their foliage when they 
are abundant, but attacks elm, cherry, peach, etc. 
The male moth is gray with an ochreous brown tinge, and usually 
is a little more glossy than the vernata. The fore wings have a dis¬ 
tinct white spot on the costal edge and are crossed by two broad whit¬ 
ish bands, somewhat zig-zag and accompanied with a few blackish 
dots. The hind wings also have a faint light line. The female moth 
is wingless, so-called, or the wings reduced to two little ear-like ap¬ 
pendages on each side of the body, back of the head. In color she is 
uniformly dark ash gray, paler beneath, the antennae naked and the 
legs and abdomen smooth and glistening. 
