THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 469 



CALPE Tr. 



C. canadensis Beth. Ramsey VI, 7 (Sleight); Paterson VII, 10 (Gr) ; Ft. 

 Lee (Dyar); Newark VI (Bz) ; Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds); larva on 

 meadow-rue. 



POLYCHRYSIA Hbn. 



P. formosa Grt. Hopatcong VII, 4 (Gr) ; Newfoundland VII, 5 (Ds); 

 Union Hill, Edgewater VIII, 4 (Wrms) ; Newark (Soc); always rare. 



PANCHRYSIA Hbn. (DEVA.) 



P. purpurigera Wlk. Elizabeth VII, 7, 1 spec. (Bz) ; rare near New 

 York (Bt) ; larva on meadow rue. 



PLUSIA Ochs. 



P. asrea Hbn. Newark, Orange Mts., Elizabeth VI-IX (div) ; Staten 

 Island VI-IX (Ds) ; New Brunswick VIII, 28 (Gr), and probably 

 throughout the State; larva on verbena. 



P. aeroides Grt. Jersey City VII, VIII (Kr). 



P. balluca Geyer. Newark, rare (Ang) ; the larva on hop. 



EUCHALCIA Hbn. 



E. contexta Grt. Caldwell (Cr); Newark VII. VIII (div); Elizabeth 

 V1I-IX (Bz); Staten Island VII (Ds). 



E. putnami Grt. Recorded from "New Jersey." 

 E. venusta Wlk. Newark, at light (Ang). 



EOSPHOROPTERYX Dyar. 



E. thyatiroides Gn. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Carlstadt VIII, 11 (Wrms); New- 

 ark (Ang) ; Staten Island VII (Ds) ; always rare. 



AUTOGRAPHA Hbn. 



This genus contains most of the species referred to "Plusia" in the 

 previous edition; the others are distributed in the four genera inimdi- 

 ately preceding. Many of the moths fly during the day, and are recog- 

 nizable by angular silvery marks or blotches on the fore-wings. The 

 larvae are semi-loopers, and some of them are of economic importance. 

 A. bimaculata Steph. Newark, on petunias (Ang). 

 A. biloba Steph. Newark V, VIII (div); Staten Island VI, VIII (Ds) ; 



Woodbury VII, 7 (Kp). 

 A. verruca Fabr. Hemlock Falls, Newark V (Sb); Greenville, seasonally 



common (Sm); Staten Island X (Ds). 

 A. rogationis Gn. Near New York on wandering jew, geranium and 



"Eupatorium" (Bt) ; and I have seen specimens taken in New Jersey. 



A. precationis Gn. Throughout the State V-X, common; it is double- 

 brooded, the larva on a variety of low weedy plants. 



