THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 



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ECPANTHERIA Hbn. 



E. deflorata Fab. Paterson (Gr) ; Ft. Lee VI (div) ; Newark (Soc); 

 Staten Island (Ds) ; Woodbury VI, 18 (Kp). Quite generally distrib- 

 uted; but not common; the larva on willow, locust, and also plantago 

 and other low plants. This is the "ocularia-scribonia" of the previous 

 edition. 



ESTIGMENE Hbn. 



E. acrsea Dru. Common throughout the State, but especially so along 

 the coast, May to September. The larva is a general feeder, and 

 from its occasional presence in enormous numbers on salt marshes 

 is known as the salt marsh caterpillar. 



E. antigone Strck. Lake Hopatcong (Pm) ; Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark VI, 24 

 (Sb); Elizabeth, VII (Bz); Staten Island (Ds). The larva is a gen- 

 eral feeder (Dyar), and often bores into the stems of large mush- 

 rooms. 



HYPHANTRIA Harr. 



H. cunea Dru. Common throughout the State. The larva is the "fall 

 web-worm," which in the late summer makes conspicuous nests or 

 webs on a large variety of shade and orchard trees. There are two 

 broods, the first in June and little noticed, the second in September. 

 Spraying the foliage around the nests with arsenites as soon as they 

 are noticed will serve to clean them out. 



DIACRISIA Hbn. (SPILOSOM A Steph.) 



Fig. 182. Spilosoma virginica : a larva; b, pupa; c, adult. 



D. virginica Fab. Common throughout the State. The larva is the 

 common white, yellow or reddish woolly caterpillar so often seen in 

 gardens and feeding on all kinds of vegetables. There are two 

 broods, and adults occur from May throughout the summer. 



D. latipennis Stretch. Not rare locally (Wdt) ; Elizabeth V, 20-VI, 20 

 (Bz) ; Staten Island V, VI (Ds). In swampy meadows; the larva on 

 Jack-in-the-pulpit, touch-me-not, plantago, other low plants and wild 

 cherry (Bt). 



