THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 475 



MELIPOTIS Hbn. 



M. limbolaris Geyer. Orange Mts. VI, VII (div); Paterson VI, 28 (Gr) ; 



Newfoundland VII, 5, Sandy Hook V, 18 (Ds). 

 M. nigrescens G. & R. Fort Lee VI, 14 (Wrms). 

 M. jucunda Hbn. Hemlock Falls VI, 1 (Sb); Elizabeth VI, VII (Bz) ; 



Staten Island V, 29, Lakehurst V, VI (Ds); Manumuskin, common 



(Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 1 (Haim). 



SYNEDA Gn. 



S. graphica Hbn. Throughout the pine barrens V-VIII, locally common 

 (div); Staten Island I V-VIII (Ds) ; Milltown V, 13 (Gr). The variety 

 "media" occurred with the type but less abundantly, at Clementon 

 (Lt). 



CATOCALA Schranck. 



C. nubilis Hbn. Throughout the State V-VIII, locally common; larva on 

 locust (Dyar). 



C. elonympha Hbn. Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); Caldwell (Cr); 5-mile 

 beach VIII (div); larva on walnut. 



C. arnica Hbn. (lineella Grt.) Caldwell (Cr) ; Staten Island (Ds) ; 

 Newark IX (div). 



The variety "androphila" Gn. occurs with the type. 

 C. jair Strck. Lakehurst VII, 1-15 (div). 

 C. gracilis Edw. Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Newark VIII (Sb); Elizabeth 



VIII (Kp); Anglesea VIII (div). 

 var. sordida Grt. Greenwood Lake (Bt). 



C. minuta Edw. Rutherford (Wrms); Elizabeth VII, VIII (div); Staten 

 Island VII, VIII (Ds) ; New Brunswick VII, 16 (Gr) ; 5-mile beach 

 VIII (Haim); the larva on locust. 

 The varieties "parvula" Edw. and "mellitula" Hulst occur with the 



type (Bt). 



C. grynea Cram. Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark (Sb); Elizabeth VII (div); 

 Staten Island VII, VIII (Ds) ; 5-mile beach VIII (Haim); larva on 

 apple and plum. Mr. Beutenmuller says that "polygama" Gn. is 

 really this species. 



C. praeclara G. & R. Caldwell (Cr); Elizabeth VII, 29 (Kp). 



C. micronympha Gn. Anglesea (Lt). 



Mr. Beutenmuller says that the varieties "fratercula" G. & R., "hero" 

 Hy. Edw., and "gisela" Mayer occur on all sides of New Jersey, and 

 should certainly be found in the State with the type. The species is 

 surely rare with us. 



C. similis Edw. "New Jersey" without date or exact locality; Lakehurst 

 VII, 8 (Ds). 



Mr. Beutenmuller has not had the type form, but has had the variety 

 "aholah" Strck. from the State. 



