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8— Arctia ctrge. —Body black, or purplish, marked with black; a 
pale pinkish dorsal and sub-dorsal line; a stigmatal row of pinkish 
spots; hair whitish or reddish, in thin spreading clusters from 
black or yellow warts ; venter blackish or yellowish-white; abdomi¬ 
nal legs yellow; head shining black, or the sides yellowish; the face 
black, marked with an inverted Y-shaped white mark and a white 
dash near the jaws; length 1J inches. Feeds on Evening Primrose 
(Oenothera biennis). September to May. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. 
Coquillett.) 
9— Ctenucha virginica. —Body black, tinged with brown; a white 
sub-dorsal and stigmatal line, the former sometimes nearly obsolete; 
on top of the segments from 3 to 11, inclusive, is a cluster of black 
hairs, the hairs forming these clusters not spreading; next to these 
is a row of pale yellow or whitish spreading clusters, and below 
these the hair is black, in spreading clusters; the hair lowest down 
on each side of the body and that on each end of the body is 
sometimes mixed with whitish; head reddish on the top and sides, 
the face black; length, 1^ inches. Feeds on Grass. September to 
May. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
10 — Acrongcta oblinita. — 
Body black or reddish-brown, 
the sub-dorsal space, and 
sometimes the dorsal space, 
dotted with yellow; a sub¬ 
dorsal pale interrupted 
stripe; a bright yellow stig¬ 
matal stripe; sometimes 
there is a transverse reddish 
band on same as all of the 
segments ; hair whitish, red¬ 
dish or black, in the 
spreading clusters from black 
or reddish warts; venter 
dark colored or reddish- 
brown ; head shining black 
or reddish, with a few hairs 
on the face; length, 1J 
Fig. 66.—Acronycta oblinita. Moth, with pupa and inches. k eeds On Smart- 
larva * weed, Hazel and Corn. June 
to October. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
11 —Leucarctia acrcea .—Body black, sometimes dotted with yellow 
and with a yellow dorsal stripe; above and below the spiracles is a 
yellow line; between these lines the body is dotted with yellow; the 
stripes in the two lowest rows are yellow, and the hair proceeding 
from them is reddish-brown, or mouse-colored; the remaining warts 
are black or brownish, and the hair proceeding from them is black or 
mouse-colored; head shining black, sometimes with a vertical white 
line in the middle of the face; length, 1J inches. Feeds on Bag- 
weed (Ambrosia artemisicefolia). June to October. Spins a cocoon. 
(I). W. Coquillett,) 
