462 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



FAGITANA Wlk. 



F. littera Grt. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Jersey City VII, at sugar (Kr) ; New- 

 ark (Soc), and probably rare throughout the State. 



F. u-album Gn. Occurs rarely throughout the State. 



ACHATODES Gn. 



A. zeae Hair. Throughout the State; the larva boring in corn, wheat 

 and other grasses. It is sometimes rather plentiful in the larral 

 stage, but has never yet been seriously injurious. 



APAMEA Tr. 



The two species placed here were among those referred to "Hydrrecia" 

 in the previous edition. The larvae are borers, and not often found ex- 

 cept on special search. The adults are not uncommon and are attracted 

 to light. 

 A. velata Wlk. Throughout the State VI-VIII, sometimes common. 



A. americana Speyer. (atlantica Sm.) Throughout the State in July 

 and August. The larva bores in the stems of grasses. 



HYDRCECIA Tr. 



H. immanis Gn. Local in the northern parts of the State; the larva in 

 the crown roots of hops. Dates of flight are in August and Septem- 

 ber. 



PAPAIPEMA Sm. 



The species here referred constitute the bulk of those previously re- 

 ferrd to "Hydroecia." All of them are borers in the larval state, and 

 most of them are by no means rare if properly sought for; but most of 

 them inhabit plants of no economic importance, and therefore do not be- 

 come obtrusive. The adults are rarely seen, and while they are quite 

 handsome and conspicuous moths, few collections have more than a 

 scattering representation of species. Mr. Henry Bird, of Rye, N. Y., 

 has made a special study of this genus, and to him I owe the information 

 concerning food plants. 

 P. appasionata Harv. Lakehurst (Jtl). The larva bores in the roots 



of pitcher plants, and the species will probably be found wherever 



this plant occurs. 

 P. marginidens Gn. Staten Island IX (Ds); Elizabeth IX, 15 (Bz), New 



Brunswick IX, 12 (Gr). Mr. Bird reports that he finds the larva 



everywhere in "Sicuta maculata." 

 P. furcata Sm. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Carlstadt, where the larva has been 



found boring in the young shoots of ash, by Mr. Doll. 

 P. circumlucens Sm. Newark, and elsewhere in New Jersey. It has 



been confused with "marginidens," and probably occurs wherever its 



food plant, hop, is found. 



