470 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



A. ou Gn. Rutherford IX, 3 (Wrms) ; Newark X, 1 (Kp). 



A~. brassicae Riley. Throughout the State, all season; the larva a gen- 



Fig. 197. The cabbage looper, Autographa brassictr; a, larva; b, pupa in its flimsy 



cocoon; c, male moth. 



eral feeder on cruciferous plants and seasonally injurious to cabbage. 



It is known as the "cabbage looper" because it lacks one pair of 



abdominal legs, and it becomes most troublesome late in the season. 



It resists spraying mixtures quite strongly, but the bran and Paris 



green application is usually successful. 

 A. oxygramma Geyer. Rare near New York (Bt) ; Newark X, 7(Kp); 



Lakehurst IX, 17 (Ds). 

 A. rectangula Kirby. (mortuorum Gn.) Newark VII, VIII (div) "New 



Jersey." 



A. epigsea Grt. Rare near New York (Bt). 

 A. falcifera Kirby, var. simplex Gn. Throughout the State, commonly 



V-XI; it is double-brooded, the larva feeding on a great variety of 



cruciferous and other low plants. 

 A. basigera Wlk. Hopatcong (Pm) ; Newark, VI, IX, X (div); Staten 



Island VII, VIII (Ds) ; never common. 



ABROSTOLA Ochs. 

 A. oval is Gn. Newark (Sb). 

 A. urentis Gn. New Brunswick; probably rare throughout the State. 



OGDOCONTA Butl. 



O. cinereola Gn. Throughout the State, all season, common; larva on 

 ragweed. 



P>ECTES Hbn. (INGURA). 



P. delineata Gn. Newark (div); Morris Plains, larva on sweet gum 



(Dyar). 

 P. abrostoloides Gn. Newark (Sb); Elizabeth VIII, IX (div); Staten 



Island VI-IX (Ds) ; hardly common. 



