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bristles; head black, covered with small black and white -tubercles; 
length 1^ inches. Feeds on Nettle. Suspends itself by the hind 
feet. (T. W. Harris.) 
18 —Phyciodes nycteis— Body blackish-brown, dotted with white; a 
dull green or pale, or reddish-yellow stigmatal stripe, dotted and 
spotted with yellowish; on this stripe are two yellow lines, these 
lines wanting when the stripe is yellow; on each segment is a trans¬ 
verse row of about 7 tapering black spines, which spring from shining 
black tubercles, except the lowest spine, which springs from a yellow 
or greenish tubercle; venter greenish-brown, dotted and spotted with 
yellowish; head shining black, thickly covered with minute prickles, 
from which arise black hairs; length 1 inch. Feeds on Aster and 
Actinomeris squarrosa. Suspends itself by the hind feet. (W. H. 
Edwards.) 
GROUP VII. 
The caterpillars belonging to this group have 16 legs; the sides 
of their bodies are thickly clothed with hair, and their backs are 
either naked or have large bunches or tussocks of hair. 
SYNOPSIS OF GROUP VII. 
With large bunches of hair on the back. 
Hair mouse-colored.1 
Hair pale yellowish .2 
Hair white. 6 
Without these bunches of hair. 
Hair mouse-colored. 
With 2 warts on top of each segment.4 
Without these warts.5 
Hair whitish or yellowish. 6 
1 —Parorcjyia clintonis.— Body dark gray; on top of the segments 
4, 5, 6 and 7 is a wide tussock of mouse-colored hair, sprinkled 
with white; on each side of the first and last segment and on top 
of segment 11, is a pencil of long black hairs, knobbed at the 
outer ends; on top of segments 9 and 10 is a small reddish wart; 
the hair on the sides of the body is mouse-colored and quite long. 
Head shining black; length 1^ inches. Feeds on Oak. May to July. 
Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
