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] 2—iAretia plialerata — Body black; a reddish or light-colored dorsal 
line ; hair blackish or whitish, in spreading clusters from black warts; 
the hair low down on each side of the body, is sometimes mixed 
with reddish-brewn; head shining black, with a few short hairs on 
the face; length 1J inches. Feeds on grass. Found throughout the 
year. Spins a cocoon. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
13— Arsilonche henrici .—A black dorsal stripe dotted with white, 
then a yellow stripe, then a pale yellow stripe dotted with white; 
the spiracles are situated on the lower part of this stiipe, below 
this stripe is a pale yellow line; hair blackish, in the spieadmg 
clusters from deep yellow warts; venter dark colored; head black, 
dotted with white, with 2 white streaks on the top and a yellow 
Y-shaped mark on the face; length 1J inches. Feeds on Smart- 
weed. June to October. Spins a cocoons. (D. W. Coquillett.) 
14— Scepsis fulvicollis .—A dark dorsal line, then a pale greenish 
stripe on which is a row of small warts; next to. this stupe is a 
pink line, then a pale yellow line, then a dark greenish, slate colored 
stripe on which is a row of small warts; the spiracles are situated 
on the lower part of this stripe, below the warts; next to this stripe 
is a pale yellow^ line, between this line and the base of the legs are 
2 rows of small warts; from each of these warts proceeds a 
thin spreading cluster of whitish hairs; venter pale greenish-yellow , 
length 1 inch. Feeds on grass. June to August. Spins a cocoon. 
(D. W. Coquillett.) 
GBOUP IX. 
The caterpillars belonging to this group have 16 legs, and tlieir 
bodies are naked or thinly covered with warts or piliferous hairs. 
(When there is a cluster of six or more hairs issuing from each 
wart or piliferous spot the caterpillar is classed among those which 
have the “body clothed with hairs, at least on the sides.”) The 
body is marked with transverse bands or rings; some also have 
longitudinal lines, but none lack the transverse bands or rings. 
