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F. gladiaria Morr. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Newark IX, X (div) ; Staten Island 

 IX (Ds) ; New Brunswick IX, 18 (Coll), and probably throughout the 

 State. 



F. venerabilis Wlk. Newark IX, 15 (Wdt) ; Elizabeth IX (Bz) ; Staten 

 Island IX (Ds) ; Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr). 



F. volubilis Harv. Ft. Lee V, 30 (Wrms) ; Newark, at light X (Wdt), 

 Chester (Coll), and elsewhere in North Jersey. 



F. annexa Tr. Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds) ; Lakehurst IX, 27 (Gr) ; 5-mile 

 beach VIII, IX (div); and probably throughout South Jersey; the 

 larva is a general feeder and sometimes rather plentiful. 



F. malefida Gn. Trenton (U S Ag) ; Anglesea IX (Coll), and probably 

 throughout South Jersey. 



POROSAGROTIS Sm. 

 P. vetusta Wlk. Paterson IX, 30 (Gr) ; Anglesea IX, 28; and throughout 



the State on goldenrod in September during the day. 

 P. mimallonis Grt. Common near New York (Bt). 

 P. tripars Wlk. Staten Island IX, 21 (Ds) ; Lucaston IX, 20 (Dke) ; Laha- 



way IX, seasonally not rare. 



EUXOA Hbn. (CARNEADES Grt.) 



E. velleripennis Grt. Ramsey IX, 23 (Sleight); Great Notch VIII, 26 

 (Dke) ; Guttenberg VIII, 29 (Wrms) ; Newark (Soc) ; Elizabeth IX, 

 7 (Coll); Atco VIII, 2 (Lt). 



E. fumalis Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 



E. detersa Wlk. Throughout the State in late fall on goldenrod; flying 

 freely in the bright sunshine; especially common near the shore. 



E. bostoniensis Grt. Ramsey IX, 26 (Sleight); Paterson X, 8 (Gr) ; 

 Newark IX, 2 (Coll) ; Staten Island IX, X (Ds) ; probably occurs 

 throughout the more northern part of the State. 



E. messoria Harr. Common throughout the State, June to September. 

 The larva known as the "reaping rustic" is the most injurious and 

 abundant of our early cut-worms and is especially troublesome in 

 South Jersey on sweet-potatoes. The bran-arsenic remedy works per- 

 fectly for this species. 



E. tessellata Harr. Also common throughout the State, and a close ally 

 of the preceding in its destructive work. 



E. albipennis Grt. Newark (Ang). 



E. obeliscoides Gn. Chester VII, New Brunswick VII (Coll); probably 

 occurs throughout the more northern sections of the State. 



E. redimicula Morr. Staten Island VII (Ds). 



ANYTUS Grt. 



A. privatus Wlk. Ramsey IX, 26 (Sleight); Paterson IX, 10 (Gr); Eliza- 

 beth IX (Bz) ; and, not commonly, throughout the State VIII & IX. 



A. capax Grt. Ramsey IX, 19 (Sleight). 



