. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 190<; ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 107 THE NOTODONTIDAE OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, , This interesting group of insects is not as well known as some other families of the Lepidoptera. Datana viinistra Drury, Nerice bidentata Wal- ker, Siimmerista alhifrons Smith and Abbot, and Schizura concinna S. and A. are not uncommon with us; but otlier species are extremely rare; such are Odontosia elegans Strecker, Dasylophia thyatiroidea Walker,, Hetero- campa pulverea Grote
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 190<; ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 107 THE NOTODONTIDAE OF THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. By Rev. Thomas W. Fyles, , This interesting group of insects is not as well known as some other families of the Lepidoptera. Datana viinistra Drury, Nerice bidentata Wal- ker, Siimmerista alhifrons Smith and Abbot, and Schizura concinna S. and A. are not uncommon with us; but otlier species are extremely rare; such are Odontosia elegans Strecker, Dasylophia thyatiroidea Walker,, Hetero- campa pulverea Grote and Robinson, and Cerura viultiscripta Riley. Of each of these kinds I have taken but one specimen in many years. Imagos of the different species are sometimes attracted by light, and sometimes they are found at rest on palings and the bolls of trees. They are generally regarded as prizes by Entomologists. The larvae of most of the Notodontidae are remarkable objects. Some of them assume grotesque attitudes; for instance Datana Tninistra Drury, which raises the fore and hindmost parts of its body in a threatening man- ner and takes the form of a bow. Some, in their earlv stages, are strangely horned, as is the case with Heterocampa guttivitta Walker in the first stage, and with Heterocampa hiundata Walker in the first and third stages. Prob- ably in these stages they are most in danger from ichneumons. Others again are furnished with tooth-like prominences on the back, as Hyperaeschra straguJa Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto, The Society
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