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the roadside. The hairy greenish larva feeds on lichens growing on 
stones, and makes a thin silken cocoon. 
Lycomorpha pliolus. 
A prettily colored moth is Eudryas grata. The thorax and fore 
wings are white, with brown, pinkish-brown and greenish-brown 
markings, while the abdomen and lower wings are yellowish-buff 
Eudryas grata. 
with markings of brown and pinkish-brown. This insect expands 
about two inches. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves of the Vir¬ 
ginia creeper and the grape. It is a peculiar looking creature, being 
blunt at the posterior end and crossed by numerous bluish and orange 
bands and fine black lines and spots. The transformations are passed 
in the ground. 
Another species, differing greatly in the perfect insect but very 
similar in the larval state to the foregoing, is Alypia octamaculata. 
This insect expands something over an inch, and is black with the 
exception of two large yellow spots on each of the fore wings, two 
large white spots on each of the hind wings, the shoulder covers 
(which are yellow), and tufts of reddish-orange hairs on the legs. 
This moth is an active creature, flying about in the sunshine, sud- 
