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Family HEMILEUCID^E. 



HEMILEUCA Wlk. 



H. maia Dru. Greenwood Lake (Bt) ; Normannock, Lakehurst X, 18, 

 flying in numbers (Ds) ; Gloucester (Lt) ; Culver's Pond, Asbury Park 

 (Coll). The larvae feed on oak in July and August; moths occur in 

 September and October. 



Super-family BOMBYCOIDEA. 



Family SYNTOMID^. 



A small series of rather slightly built moths, small or of moderate size, 

 black and yellow in color, with functional mouth parts, pectinated an- 

 tennae in the male, and rather long, slender abdomen. The structural 

 characters for the family are chiefly found in the venation of the hind 

 wings, and none of the members are at all injurious. 



LYCOMORPHA Harr. 



L.. pholus Dru. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Normannock VIII, 27, Staten Island 

 in midsummer (Ds) ; Plainfield VI, 27 (Gr) ; locally not rare on golden 

 rod in August, in the northern part of the State. Larvae on lichens 

 (Bt), growing on stone fences (Dyar). 



SCEPSIS Wlk. 



S. fulvicollis Hbn. Paterson VI, 26, VIII, 4 (Gr) ; Orange Mts. and 

 Newark Dist. VII-IX (div) ; Staten Island VI-IX (Ds); Camden Co. 

 IX (Lt) ; 5-mile beach (Haim) ; quite generally distributed and locally 

 not rare; the larva on grass. 



CTENUCHA Kirby. 



C. virginica Charp. Found on Spiraea and other flowers, July to Septem- 

 ber; more common in the northern part'of the State. 



Family UTHOSIID^. 



These are small, slender moths with narrow fore and broad hind wings, 

 the antennae and palpi slender, the mouth parts well developed and 

 functional. They differ from the "Arctiidas, which they otherwise resemble 

 in structure, by the lack of ocelli or simple eyes. The larvae are covered 

 with tufts of short, stiff hair, feed mostly on lichens and are not injurious. 



CRAMBIDIA Pack. 



C. pallida Pack. Rare near New York, VIII (Bt) ; Newark (Wdt) ; 5-mile 

 beach VIII, 20-IX, 3 (div) ; attracted to light. 



