TAB. CIV.
P H A L I N A CA L T CA NT HA TA.
BROWN AND W H IT E -M A RG IN ED MOTH.
C A L Y C A N T H J JS F L O R ID A . L IN N .
C A R O L I N A A L L S P IC E .
4 * G EOMETRJE SE TICORNE S.
P h . Geometra feticomis, alis rotundatis dentatis fufcis marmoratis: omnibus llrigd latS flexu-
of& marginali pallidiori.
T h is caterpillar w as taken in April feeding on th e Carolina Allfpice, and tpun up
in th e leaves the ail o f May, nor did th e moth come out till th e 19th o f February
following. Its moft general food is o f the oak kind.
This is n o t very common in Georgia, b u t more fo in V irginia, whe re th e moth
may frequently b e found fitting on the ground in foot-paths in the tpring.
