. Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region. Natural history -- Maine Mount Desert Island. THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 69 PORTHETRIA Hiilmer P. DisPAE Linn. Gj'psy moth. Reported in 1919 from Tre- mont, Mt. Desert, and Eden, but not seen by the writer. EuPROCTis Hiibner E. CHEYsoRRHOEA Linn. Brown-tail moth. Abundant during 1911-1914, but has now practically disappeared. One speci- men was taken at Salisbury Cove, July 16, 1923. Stilpnotia Westwood S. SALicis Linn. Satin moth. Salisbury Cove, Aug. 6, 1926 (Dahlgren). First reported in the vicinity of Boston in 1920, it has gradually spread nort


. Biological survey of the Mount Desert Region. Natural history -- Maine Mount Desert Island. THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 69 PORTHETRIA Hiilmer P. DisPAE Linn. Gj'psy moth. Reported in 1919 from Tre- mont, Mt. Desert, and Eden, but not seen by the writer. EuPROCTis Hiibner E. CHEYsoRRHOEA Linn. Brown-tail moth. Abundant during 1911-1914, but has now practically disappeared. One speci- men was taken at Salisbury Cove, July 16, 1923. Stilpnotia Westwood S. SALicis Linn. Satin moth. Salisbury Cove, Aug. 6, 1926 (Dahlgren). First reported in the vicinity of Boston in 1920, it has gradually spread northeastward. This is the most northerly record at the present time. The larva feeds on willow and poplar. NOCTUIDAE Rhodophora Guenee R. FLORIDA Guen. Primrose moth. Salisbury Cove, July 17; Ironbound Isl. (Blaney). The larva feeds on the buds and seed capsules of the evening primrose. Porosagrotis Smith P. VETUSTA Walk. Salisbury Cove, Sept. 1 (Dahlgren). EuxOA Hiibner E. PERPOLiTA Morr. S. W. Harbor, Sept. 8. E. MEssoRiA Harr. Salisbury Cove; N. E. Harbor, Aug. 15- Sept. 6. The larva is one of the most troublesome of the early cutworms. E. MOLLIS Walk. N. E. Harbor, Aug. 25 (Minot). E. EEDiMicuLA Morr. Salisbury Cove, Aug. (Dahlgren). E. ocHROGASTER Gucu. Salisbury Cove, Aug. (Dahlgren). Feltia Walker F. vENERABiLis Walk. Bar Harbor; Salisbury Cove; N. E. Harbor, Sept. 1-24. F. DucENs Walk, {subgothica auct.). N. E. Harbor; Salis- bury Cove, Aug. 15-30. F. HERiLis Grt. N. E. Harbor; Salisbury Cove, Aug. LIBRARYi=o. 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 Procter, William, 1872-1951; Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory; Johnson, Charles Willison, 1863-1932; Blake, Charles Henry, 1901-. Philadelphia, The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology


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