LEPIDOPTERA. 
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til-i-a'ri-a).—This species (Fig. 333) resembles the Canker- 
worms in many particulars. The larva is a looper which 
infests both fruit and forest trees; and in the adult state the 
male has well-developed wings, while the female is wingless. 
The eggs are oval, of a pale yellow color, and covered 
with a network of raised lines. They are thrust by the 
Fig. 333 .—Erannts tiliaria. (From the Author’s Report for 1879.) 
female under loose bark and in crevices on the trunk and 
large limbs. They hatch in May, and the larvae attain their 
full growth in the latter part of June. The larva is yellow, 
marked with ten crinkled black lines along the top of the 
back; the head is rust-colored, and the venter yellowish 
white; when full grown it measures about one and one fifth 
inches in length. The pupa state is passed in the ground, 
from three to six inches below the surface. The moths 
issue in October, and then the wingless females ascend the 
