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are brownish black, tipped with white, and sometimes have a gray 
basal annulation; on top of segment 4 is a pair of short thick 
tubercles, and back of these a pair of black prickles; on top of seg¬ 
ment 11 is a pair of short thick prickles; the sides of segment 10 
are sometimes whitish; head grayish brown, or blackish. Length, 
j- inch. Feeds on Hazel, Hickory, Strawberry and Currant. May 
to June. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
8 —Hibernia tiliaria .—Body yellow, marked with about ten black 
lines, which sometimes impart to the ground color a bluish cast; 
the lowest line is wavy, and unites with the one above it on the 
middle or anterior part of each segment; ’ sometimes the body is 
marked with dusky blotches; venter yellowish white, marked with 
a white or yellow line in the middle, and sometimes with an in¬ 
distinct whitish line on each side of this; head smooth, yellowish 
brown. Length, 1 inch. Feeds upon the leaves of nearly every kind 
of shrub and tree. May to June. Enters the earth, (D. W. Coquillet.) 
