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LITHACODES Pack. 



L. fasciola H. S. Piedmont Plain and northward; recorded from many 

 points in July and August; but not from any point to the south, 

 although it probably occurs there as well. The larva is a very gen- 

 eral feeder, including most of the orchard fruits, huckleberry, bay- 

 berry, etc. 



The variety "laticlavia" Clem, occurs with the type, but is less com- 

 mon. 



PACKARDIA G. & R. 



P. geminata Pack. Newark (Soc); Hemlock Falls VI, 10 (Bz); g. d., 

 but rare in June. Larva on wild cherry, birch, oak and many other 

 plants. The varieties "albipuncta" Pack., "ocellata" Grt., and 

 "goodellii" Grt. occur with the type. 



P. elegans Pack. Hopatcong VII (Bt) ; Morris Plains (Dyar) ; Ft. Lee 

 (Wrms) ; Newark (Soc). Larva on many orchard, shade and forest 

 trees, and on "Viburnum" (Wrms). The variety "fusca" Pack, 

 occurs with the type. 



HETEROGENEA Knoch. 

 H. shurtleffii Pack. Ft. Lee VII (Bt) ; larva on oak, chestnut and beech. 



TORTRICIDIA Pack. 



T. flexucsa Grt. Morris Plains, rare (Dyar); Ft. Lee (Bt), local in the 

 Jersey City and Newark Dist. VI, VII; Elizabeth VII (Bz). Larva 

 on a great variety of trees. The form "cassonia" Grt. occurs with 

 the type. 



T. pallida H. S. Piedmont Plain and northward in June. Probably to 

 the south as well; but I have no records. Larva on willow, oak, 

 sycamore, bayberry, etc. The variety "flavula" H. S. occurs with the 

 type. 



T. testacea Pack. G. d., in the Piedmont Plain and northward, locally 

 not rare. Adults May to July, larva on oak, birch, wild cherry, etc. 



Family MEGALOPYGID^E. 



Rather large moths with plump, very hairy body, the abdomen squarely 

 truncated, antennae lengthily pectinated in the male. The wings are 

 short, broad and obtuse, also clothed with long hair, forming a surface 

 which Prof. Comstock compares with flannel; and because of the wavy 

 lines on the forewings, he calls the only species thus far found in our 

 State the "crinkled flannel moth." The larvae seem to have an extra 

 pair of abdominal legs, and the cocoon is a curious case-like structure 

 with a trap-door at one end. 



The species "opercularis" S. & A., listed in the last edition, has not 

 yet been found, and is therefore omitted. 



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