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3- . .  est, it has been especially destructive to hickory, elm and oak, the
gs   leaves of these trees having been at times rendered very ragged by t
lp   its gnawings. 1
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m   L Description.  
hg  ‘ Egg.~— Pouch- shaped, smooth, regrrlarly rounded at end applied l
By   to t·he bark, squarely cut od at free end and with an elliptical region  
ty,   enclosed with ·a narrow white rim. Color, pale green at nrst, t·hen I
nd ‘* olive green. Length, 0.04 inch (1.00 mm.); greater diameter, 0.03 Q.
{YS 7 inch (0.75 mm.); lesser diameter, 0.02 inch (0.50 mm.)  
ad ,Q Larva.— Slender, cylindrical, in the main smooth, with three “
`· pairs of jointed legs and only two pairs of iieshy grasping legs, the g_
Ky   latter at the hind end of the body. Head relatively small, strongly  
Ut,   convex dorsally, subspherioal. Body with a few minute, scattered tu-  
tey   bercles not ordinarily noticeable, excepting two on tlhe dorsum of  
mt Q the fifth body division (second abdominal) and a second pair more ‘ 
ley   acute and conspicuous on the division preceding that bearing the  
  hindmost pair of fleshy legs. Color, deep brown or dull black, the f
ull i head, middle of first body division (prothorax) above, both jointed il
LWS and fleshy legs, and hind end of body, bright reddish-brown. Spir- y 
to . acles, whit~is‘h. The general black or brown hue is varied with  
um V- minute specks of white or pale yellow, of which a pair on the d-orsum js
to   of each body division behind the thorax is often noticeable. Body l
i_ beneath, dull greenish.  
l Young larvae just from ·t.he egg are paler ·than well grown ones,  ni
Pill . the middle of the body above and beneath, dusky, the relatively  
‘_ large head, the jointed legs, fleshy legs and ra line along the side  
Hyg y in the region of the breathing pores, yellow. {
HHS .` ` Full grown examples measure 1.75 inches (43.75 mm.) in  
length. · t
NW6 J Papa.- Stout, opaque, the abdomen rapidly tapering; chest,  
HWY flattish, the antennal cases ronghened with transverse ridges, pronii-  
. nent, reaching to tlhe tips of the wing-cases, where they are nearly  
lies, l in contact. Abdomen terminating in a stout, flattened protuberance  
[HUC g lJ¢*2iring at its tip six minute brown hooks. Color, dull greenish at -j
. ` ETSI, becoming dull brown later, speckled wit.h deep brownish [_
lugs black, the wing-cases finely reticulate with black. ¥i
it HS Length, 0.66:0.74 inch (16,5-18.5 mm.); greatest diameter, 0.22  
notli llllih (5.5 Hi»l1]_)  
llll~HgO.»— A broad-winged moth, with angled front and coarse- fi
Iabh   l00thed hind wings, Snow-white, but on close inspection of fresh  
-< _ examples, showing a faint greenish tinge along the anterior edge  
burg of the fore wings, above and below, Antennae white, grGeliiSl1 OH zi
reat- _ ventral side. Eyes black. An evident brown discal dot on front  
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