504 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



MELANOLOPHIA Hulst. 



M. canadaria Gn. Throughout the State, III-VIII; larva on tamarack, 

 spruce, pine, hemlock, "Myrica," etc. 



>THALOPTERA Hulst. 



/. intertexta Walk. Paterson VII, 21 (Gr) ; Bloomfleld V, VII (Wdt) ; 

 Staten Island VII (Ds) ; Newark. 



GLENA Hulst. 

 G. cognataria Hbn. Sandy Hook, VII (Ds). 



ECTROPIS Hbn. 



E. crepuscularia D. & S. Throughout the State IV to IX, common; 

 larva on apple, pear, plum, elm, maple, clover, etc. 



EPIMECIS Hbn. 



E. virginaria Cram, (hortaria Fab.) Hopatcong (Pm) ; Chester VII, 5 

 (Dn); Elizabeth VIII, 4, (Kp); Staten Island V to VIII (Ds) ; Newark 

 (Ang) ; larva on tulip tree. 



LYCIA Hbn. 



L. ursaria Walk. Hopatcong, Plainfield (Pm) ; Newark III, IV (Wdt, Bz) ; 

 larva on poplar, elm, wild cherry, etc. 



L. cognataria Gn. Throughout the State V to VIII; larva on a great 

 variety of orchard, and small fruits and forest trees. 



NACOPHORA Hulst. 



N. quernaria S. & A. Orange Mts. V, 24 (Gr) ; Staten Island VI, VII 

 (Ds); Jamesburg VII, 4 (Lt); Newark IV, 4 (Ang); Elizabeth VI 

 (Bz) ; larva on oak, and "Cratsegus australis." 



N. cupidaria Grt. New York, rare (Bt). 



N. phigaliaria Gn. Should occur in New Jersey. 



PALEACRITA Riley. 



P. vernata Peck. The larva is the spring canker-worm, an injurious 

 species locally throughout the State. Moths in April or May. Larvae 



Fig. 211. 



Fig. 212. 



Fig. 211. Spring canker wormn, Paleacrita vernata: a, male moth; b, wingless female; 

 c, d, e, details of structure, enlarged. 



Fig. 212. Spring canker worn: a, larva; b, egg. very much enlarged; c, d, body seg- 

 ments of larva. 



