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RCESELIA Hbn. 



R. minuscula Zell. Plainfield VI, 29 (Gr). 

 var. phylla Dyar. Gloucester Co. V, 29 (Haim). 



NIGETIA Wlk. (NOLA.) 

 N. formosalis Wlk. (melanopa Zell.) Newark, New Brunswick. 



Family NYCTEOIJDJE. 



Obscurely marked, gray species; in appearance and wing form much 

 like some of the Tortricids or "bell-moths," but with the structural char- 

 acters mainly those of the Lithosians. 



SARROTHRIPA Curt. 



S. revayana Scop., var. lintneriana Spey. Guttenberg VII, 3 (Wrms) ; 

 Newark VII (Soc) ; Elizabeth VII, 30 (Bz) ; the larva on willow and 

 poplar. The species is not at all rare, and probably occurs through- 

 out the State. 



Family ARCTIID.E. 



The adults are known as "tiger moths" from their bright stripings, the 

 larvae as "woolly bears" from the shaggy clothing of hair with which many 

 of them are covered. The moths are stoutly built, of moderate or small 

 size, with a broad head on which ocelli or simple eyes are always present, 

 rather small palpi and a functional tongue. The antennae vary, but are 

 often pectinated in the male, and most of the species are rather closely 

 scaled. 



The larvae are general feeders in most cases, but as a whole prefer low 

 plants, plantain being an all but universal food. A few species are trouble- 

 some in the garden, but may be controlled by hand picking or a resort 

 to arsenate of lead. Others, like the "fall web-worm," feed on trees and 

 may become serious pests. Most of them spin a little silk and make a 

 cocoon in which to pass the pupal stage. As the silk is too scant to do 

 this properly, they add to it the hair with which they are covered. This 

 hair, to facilitate such a felting process, is furnished with little spurs and 

 branches which break off readily. The caterpillars should be carefully 

 handled therefore, because these little barbs forced into a sensitive skin 

 may set up an intense irritation resulting in blotches or swellings like a 

 nettle rash. 



EUBAPHE Hbn. 

 E. lasta Guer. Forked River Mt. VII, 8 (Dke); in dry woods in June (Bt). 



