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A. impleta Wlk. (luteicoma G. & R.) Jersey City VI (Kr) ; Newark V 

 (Wdt); Elizabeth IV, 20-V, 30 (Bz) ; New Brunswick IX, 9, larva on 

 sassafras (Gr) ; Staten Island V, VI (Ds) ; 5-mile beach VIII, 2 

 (Haim). The larva is a general feeder on orchard and forest trees. 



A. sperata Grt. Newark Dist. (div), and probably throughout the State 

 V-VIII. The larva feeds on poplar and alder. 



A. noctivaga Grt. Essex Co. V (div); Staten Island V (Ds), and probably 

 g. d., though rare; larva on poplar and a variety of low plants. 



A. impressa Wlk. Throughout the State, not rare. Chester (Dn) ; Hopat- 

 cong (Pm); Jersey City VI (Kr) ; Elizabeth IV, VII (Bz); Staten 

 Island (Ds). The larva feeds on a wide range of orchard and forest 

 trees and some small fruits, but is not injurious. 



A. distans Grt. Elizabeth VIII, 15 (Bz) ; Lakehurst IV (Ds). Usually 

 confounded with "impressa" and probably occurs with that species. 

 The larva feeds on poplar, willow, birch and alder. 



A. xyliniformis Gn. Throughout the State, not rare. Essex Co. VI, VII 

 (div); Elizabeth IV, VII, VIII (Bz) ; Chester VII, 8 (Dn) ; Elizabeth 

 IV, VI, VIII (Cf>ll) ; 5-mile beach VII, 25, VIII, 2 (Haim); the larva on 

 birch and blackberry. 



A. oblinita Sin. & Abb. Common throughout the State V-VIII. The larva 

 is a general feeder on orchard and small fruits and also on a variety 

 of forest trees and other plants, but has never yet been injurious in 

 this State. 



ARSILONCHE Led. 



A. albovenosa Goeze. Throughout the State, IV-IX, more common along 

 the coast. Larva on cat-tail VI, 26 at Paterson (Gr), and from late 

 September to the middle of October they were on parts of the Hack- 

 ensack meadows in countless numbers. Feeds generally on grasses 

 and on smart-weed and willow. 



HARRISIMEMNA Grt. 



H. trisignata Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Chester (Dn); Essex Co (div); 

 Elizabeth VII (Bz) ; Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds) ; and rarely found 

 throughout the State. It is a bizarre species in all stages; the larva 

 on lilac, winterberry and huckleberry (Dyar), also on "Cephalanthus 

 occidentalis" (Bz). 



CERMA Hbn. 

 C. cora Hbn. Atco, rare (Lt). 



POLYGRAM M ATA Hbn. 



P. hebraicum Hbn. Del. Water Gap VII, 12 (Coll); Ramsey VI, 17 

 (Sleight); Newark (Ang) ; Woodbury VI, 18, VII, 20 (Kp) ; 5-mile 

 beach (Haim). 



