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and June and again in July and August. Arsenites promptly applied 

 are entirely effective. 



LAPARA Wlk. (ELLEMA Clem.) 



L. bombycoides Wlk. (harrisii Clem.) Rare, but g. d., the larva on 

 pine. Lakehurst VII, 23 (Ds) ; Brown's Mills, Jn (Dke). 



L. coniferarum Sm. & Abb. Equally rare, g. d., and also a pine feeder. 

 Lakehurst VII, 17 (Bz). 



Family SMERINTHIDyE. 



In this family the tongue is short or entirely absent, the head is small, 

 the antennae are more tufted and sometimes pectinated, the wings an- 

 gulated, dentate or scalloped and the entire habitus more Bombycicl. 



MARUMBA Moore. (TRIPTOGON Brem.) 



M. modesta Harr. Quite generally distributed, but rare; the larva on 

 poplar and willow. Essex County VI (div) ; Hackensack (Gr), larvae 

 VIII, 22, IX, 3, Staten Island VII (Ds). The moth sometimes comes 

 to light, as do others of this family. 



SMERINTHUS Latr. 



S. jamaicensis Dru. Elizabeth (Bz). 



var. geminatus Say. Essex Co. V-VIII (div); Hopatcong (Pm) ; Staten 

 Island VI-VIII (Ds), and g. d. throughout the State. Mr. Brehme 

 finds eggs V and VI and larvae until VIII on willow and poplar; other 

 food plants are elm, apple, cherry, plum and ash. 



PAONIAS Hbn. 



P. excaecatus Sm. & Abb. Throughout the State, quite commonly, June 

 to September; larvae, which grow very slowly, until October. Food 

 plants include the "Rosaceae" and a large number of shade and 

 forest trees. 



P. myops Sin. & Abb. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Essex Co. VII (div) ; Staten 

 Island VI. Apparently local, but probably found throughout the 

 State. Larvas on wild and cultivated cherry until November (Br). 



P. astylus Dru. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Essex Co. V* VI, VII (div) ; Ft. Lee 

 (Dyar); Newfoundland VII, Jamesburg VII, 1 (Jl), probably through- 

 out the State where the food plant occurs. Eggs VI-VIII on huckle- 

 berry and dangleberry (Br); larvae until frost. 



CRESSONIA Grt. & Rob. 



C. juglandis Sm. & Abb. G. d. and sometimes rather abundant. Essex 

 Co. V, VI (div); Staten Island VI (Ds); Ft. Lee, Hopatcong (Bt). 

 Eggs V-VIII, larvae until X (Br) on hickory and walnut. Other food 

 plants are ironwood and wild cherry. The larva is known as the 

 "squeaking Sphinx" (Dyar). 



