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P. oculatrix Gn. Ramsey V, 21 (Sleight); Hopatcong (Bt); Caldwell 

 (Cr); Newark VII, 1 (Bz) ; Staten Island VIII (Ds) ; Weymouth VIII, 

 9 (Dke); 5-mile beach VIII, 5 (Haim). 



EUTELIA Hbn. 



E. pulcherrima Grt. Newark, at night (Ang) ; Ramsey, VI, 17 (Sleight); 

 always rare. 



MARASMALUS Grt. 



M. inficita Wlk. Ramsey VI, 12 (Sleight); Caldwell (Cr) ; Newark VII, 

 7 (Sb); Elizabeth VIII (Bz) ; Staten Island VI (Ds) ; 5-mile beach 



VI, 6, VIII, 3 (Haim). 



M. ventilator Grt. Ramsey VI, 5 (Sleight); Newark (Soc), New Bruns- 

 wick VIII. 18 (Coll); 5-mile beach VIII (div) ; larva on poison ivy. 

 Both of these species occur throughout the State. 



ALETIA Hbn. 



A. argillacea Hbn. Newark IX, X (Wdt) ; Elizabeth IX, X (Bz) ; Staten 

 Island IX, X (Ds) ; Long Branch (U S Ag) ; 5-mile beach VIII, X 

 (Haim). This is the famous cotton-moth of the Southern States. It 

 does not breed in New Jersey; but each year adults fly north in 

 considerable numbers after midsummer, and some of these flights 

 reach us, as a swarm or in scattering individuals. 



ANOMIS Hbn. 



A. erosa Hbn. Newark X (Wdt); Elizabeth X, 3 (Bz); Staten Island 

 X (Ds) ; the larva on cotton and mallow. This is also a Southern 

 species which reaches New Jersey as a visitor only. 



SCOLECOCAMPA Gn. 



S. liburna Geyer. Ft. Lee (Bt) ; Newark and Orange Mts. VII (div); 

 Elizabeth VII (Bz) ; Staten Island (Ds) ; the larva in decaying cherry, 

 hickory, oak and chestnut stumps. 



EUCALYPTERA Morr. 



E. bipuncta Morr. Suffern VII, Newark, Lakehurst VII, 17 (Bz) ; Lacey 



VII, Bamber VII, 11 (Dke) ; Anglesea in July, on salt marshes and in 

 swamps; the larva probably boring in reeds or grasses. 



AMOLITA Grt. 

 A. fessa Grt. Hopatcong to Cape May VI-VIII; nowhere common. 



DORYODES Gn. 



D. bistrialis Geyer. Secaucus V, 22 (Gr) ; Newark at light V (Wdt); 

 Elizabeth VI, IX (Bz) ; Staten Island V-VIII (Ds) ; Anglesea, common 

 on the salt marshes VI-IX (Sm). 



