THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 467 



ATETHMIA Hbn. 



A. rectifascia Grt. Ramsey VIII, 14 (Sleight); Elizabeth VII, 16 (Bz); 

 "New Jersey" (Auct). 



CHLORIDEA Westw. 



C. virescens Fab. Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds). 



HELIOTHIS Ochs. 



H. armiger Hbn. Throughout the State and throughout the season. 

 There are three broods in the southern half of the State, the earliest 

 larva being the "tomato worm," which bores into the earliest fruit, 

 while the later broods infest first sweet and then field corn, speci- 

 mens being found in the ears as late as October. Early in the spring 

 the larva may also bore into pea-pods and attack a variety of 

 other vegetation. They winter as pupae in cornfields, and the best 

 check to their increase is late fall plowing, which exposes and de- 

 stroys them in this helpless stage. The application of insecticides 

 has not been found practical. 



RHODOPHORA Gn. 



R. florida Gn. Throughout the State, VII and VIII in the closed flowers 

 of the evening primrose; the larva feeds in the buds and seed cap- 

 sules of the same plant. 



DERRIMA Wlk. 



D. henrietta Grt. "New Jersey" without date or exact locality. 



EUPANYCHIS Grt. 



E. spinosae Grt. (Schinia) Staten Island IX (Ds) ; Sandy Hook (Bt) ; 



Atco IX, 4 (Kp) ; Clementon IX, 9 (Lt) ; Lucaston IX, 12, Hammon- 

 ton IX, 6, Brown's Mills IX, 15 (Dke) ; Lakehurst IX, 10 (Bz) ; An- 

 glesea IX, 20 (Coll). 



SCHINIA Hbn. 



S. trifascia Gn. Caldwell (Cr) ; Elizabeth VIII, IX (Bz) ; Staten Island 



VII, VIII (Ds) ; New Brunswick (Coll) and probably throughout the 

 State. 



S. nundina Dru. Throughout the State VIII and IX; not common, but 

 reported by all collectors from Hopatcong to Anglesea; found during 

 the day on flowers of "Spiraea," etc. 



S. lynx Gn. Elizabeth VI (Bz) ; Staten Island VI (Ds) ; Atco IX, 1 (Kp) ; 

 Brown's Mills VII, 5, DaCosta VIII, 3, Delair VIII, 7, Manumuskin 



VIII. 17 (Dke); Anglesea VIII, 16 (Lt). 



S. arcifera Gn. Orange Mts. VIII, IX (div) ; Elizabeth VIII, IX (div) ; 

 Staten Island VIII, IX (Ds) ; New Brunswick VIII, IX (Coll); Ft. 

 Lee VIII, 30, Belleplain IX, 16 (Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 21-IX, 20 

 (Haim). 



