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Family THYATIRID^E 



Medium or rather large moths with soft gray and pink velvety colors, 

 resembling the owlets in appearance, the anal angle of the fore-wings 

 often produced into a tooth or lappet. The family is a small one, and 

 we have only a very few species. 



EUTHYATIRA Smith. 



E. pudens Gn. A New Jersey specimen is in the Hulst collection. The 

 larva in spun-up leaves of dogwood, "C. florida" (Dyar). 



PSEUDOTHYATIRA Grt. 



P. cymatophoroides Gn. Piedmont Plain and northward VI-VIII; the 



larva on birch (Dyar), maple and oak, looks like a Notodontian. 

 var. expultrix Grt. Occurs with the type and is more common. 



THYATIRA Ochs. 



T. scripta Gosse. Bayonne (Bt) ; Hopatcong (Pm) ; the larva on black- 

 berry and raspberry; nowhere common. 



T. rectangula Ottol. New Brunswick VI, 7 (Gr), and probably through- 

 out the northern part of the State. 



Family NOTODONTID^. 



Moderately sized moths with somewhat retracted head, short palpi, 

 rather short antennae and often short, useless tongue. The thorax is 

 comparatively short, quadrate, while the abdomen is usually long, cylin- 

 drical and obtusely terminated. The legs are moderate in length or 

 short. The wings are long and not very broad, the inner margin often 

 produced into a tooth, lobe or similar process. The larvaa are naked 

 or have only sparse hair; but often have spines, spurs, humps and other 

 prominences. Sometimes the anal legs are modified into slender pro- 

 cesses resembling a long fork. Most of them are solitary and live ex- 

 posed, feeding on the foliage of trees and shrubs; but some live in large 

 colonies consisting of the members of one batch of eggs. A few live in 

 webs or small tents. 



Several of the species are injurious; but practically all of these are 

 within reach of arsenical sprays. 



APATELODES Pack. 



A. torrefacta S. & A. Generally distributed north of the Piedmont 

 Plain; adults V-VIII; larvae on oak, wild cherry, blackberry, sassa- 

 fras, hazel and many others, VIII & IX. 



A. angelica Grt. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Paterson (Gr) ; Ft. Lee (Wrms) ; 

 Plainfield (Bz) ; adults V, VI, VII; larva on ash and lilac VIII, IX. 



