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Apatela americana is a gray moth, with a scalloped, light gray 
line near the outer margin of the fore wings edged externally with 
black and brown, and with a row of black dots along the outer 
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margin. The lower wings are yellowish-gray, and the insect ex¬ 
pands two inches and a half. The hairy caterpillar feeds on the 
leaves of the maple, elm and chestnut, and is usually seen partially 
curled sidewise when not feeding. Its head, belly and legs are black, 
and its back is dull green. The hairs covering its body are yellow, 
with two pairs of tufts of long black hairs on the forward part of the 
body and a single tuft near the posterior extremity. In autumn the 
insect spins a cocoon composed externally of silk and hairs from its 
body, inside of which is another covering, composed of silk and bits 
of bark or chips of wood. This cocoon is usually hidden under the 
loosened bark of a tree and in it the pupa passes the winter. 
In Apatela lobelice the upper wings are gray with light gray lines 
and black marks. Thorax gray. Abdomen brown. Lower wings 
light brown. Expanse -two inches. 
Grramatopliora trisignata is a pretty species, being of a mouldy- 
green color on the fore wings, marked with lines and mottlings of 
black, with three round reddish-brown spots on each wing, the lower 
wings being light yellowish-brown. 
This moth I have taken on one or two occasions with a lamp in 
Ohio and Massachusetts. I have also received one specimen from 
