Bulletin . dis-tinct yellow stripe, and it lacks the l)lack pencils on the sides ofthe second abdominal segment. Possibly the caterpillar is alsoslightly larger. The hairs from the bodies of these caterpillarsare poisonous, like those of the brown-tail moth caterpillars,though not so badly, and often, when abundant, cause disagree-able irritation to a sensitive skin. The larvaa spin thin cocoonsand pupate about the middle of June, the moths emerging latein June and first week of July. (June 29 to July 6, 1905.) Moth.—The female moth is wingless and resembles that of thepreceding species. The m
Bulletin . dis-tinct yellow stripe, and it lacks the l)lack pencils on the sides ofthe second abdominal segment. Possibly the caterpillar is alsoslightly larger. The hairs from the bodies of these caterpillarsare poisonous, like those of the brown-tail moth caterpillars,though not so badly, and often, when abundant, cause disagree-able irritation to a sensitive skin. The larvaa spin thin cocoonsand pupate about the middle of June, the moths emerging latein June and first week of July. (June 29 to July 6, 1905.) Moth.—The female moth is wingless and resembles that of thepreceding species. The male is of a dull ash-gray color with sev-eral wavy dark gray lines crossing the forewings. The life history practically duplicates that of the last species,two broods probably occurring in a season. This species is most common on fruit and shade trees, but isknown to attack practically all deciduous trees, and, according toProf. Fernald, fir, spruce, larch and cypress. * Hemerocampa leucostigma S. and Fip. 10. The moth u, the willow tussock moth cateri)illarHemerocampa definita Fac-k.; 6, the rusty tussock moth caterpillar ryotolophim an-tiqua Linn.); c, the white-marked tussock moth caterpillar rtfemerocampa leuco-stigvta S. & A.); d, cocoon of .V. antiqua. All sliphtly enlarged.
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