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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 
denly disappearing and as suddenly returning. It is very common 
in some parts of the country. The larva is banded with white and 
orange and with narrow black lines and rows of black dots. This 
species has eight black lines to each segment, while the preceding 
Alypia octomaeulata. 
lias but six. It feeds on the leaves of the grape and Virginia 
creeper, and transforms into a pupa in an earthen cavity beneath the 
surface of the ground. There are usually two broods in a season, 
one coming forth in June and another in August and September. 
Psycliomoiplia epimenis. 
Psychomorpha epimenis I have found a rather rare little moth, 
although I have heard of its being abundant in some parts of the 
country. The insect is black, witli a large yellowish-white spot on 
eacli fore wing and a large brick-red spot on each hind wing. It 
expands about an inch. The caterpillar feeds on the grape and 
Virginia creeper, drawing the ends of the young shoots together 
with silken threads. In shape it resembles the foregoing, but has a 
bluish appearance; being banded with black and white lines. It 
transforms in the ground. 
