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on the surrounding foliage. Nests may be destroyed when young 

 or the space around them may be sprayed with arsenites. Cutting 

 out the egg masses in winter is practical in small orchards of young 

 trees. 



EPICNAPTERA Ram. 



E. americana Harr. Occurs throughout the State, rarely, April to July. 

 Plainfield VI, 18 (Gr) ; Brown's Mills IV, 29 (Dke). The larva feeds 

 on apple, cherry, maple, birch, poplar and other trees. 



Family DREPANIDJE. 



Moderate sized, slender, broad-winged species, the fore-wings usually 

 falcate, giving them the common name "hook-tips." The larvae have 

 the anal pro-legs rudimentary and the terminal segment prolonged into 

 a tail-like process. 



EUDEILINEA Pack. 



E. herminiata Gn. Staten Island V & VIII (Ds) ; larva on dogwood 



(Dyar). 



ORETA Wlk. 



O. rosea Wlk. Hopatcong (div); Paterson VIII, 23 (Gr) ; Eagle Rock 

 VIII (Wdt); Newark (Soc); Elizabeth IX, 10 (Bz) ; Staten Island 

 V, VII, VIII (Ds) ; larva on "Viburnum Sp.," never common. 



O. irrorata Pack. New Brunswick VI, 4 (Gr). 



DREPANA Schrank. (PLATYPTERYX Lasp.) 



D. arcuata Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm); Paterson VI, 23, New Brunswick 

 VIII, 20 (Gr); Orange Mts. V (Wdt); Newark VIII (div); Staten 

 Island VIII, IX (Ds). Two-brooded, the first in May and June; the 

 second, in August and September, is the form "genicula" Grt., which 

 sometimes strongly resembles the Californian "siculifer" Pack. The 

 larva feeds in a tent, solitary, on birch and alder. 



FALCARIA Haw. 



F. bilineata Pack. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds); the 



larva on birch ; not common. 



Super-family GEOMETROIDEA. 



These are small or medium sized moths, with slender bodies, small 

 heads and very broad wings, which are also, as a rule, frail and thin. 

 The hind wings quite usually have ornamentation similar to those on 



