THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 565 



COSMOPTERYX Hbn. 



Species are small and slender but most elegantly ornamented; there is 

 commonly a middle band of crimson or ocherous red, the rest of the 

 wing having clusters and lines of brightest gold or silver. Larvae are 

 leaf miners. 



C. clemensella Steph. Essex Co. g. d. (Kf) ; Anglesea (Lt). 

 C. gemmiferella Clem. Essex Co. VI, 15-VII, 15 (Kf); New Jersey, rare 



(Bt). 



C. fernaldella Wlsm. Montclair at light VII, 1-5 (Kf). 

 C. clandestinella Busck. Will be found in southern New Jersey (Kf ) ; 

 larvae mine the leaves of "Panicum clandestinum." 



APHELOSETIA Steph. 



A. brachelytrifoliella Clem. (Elachista) Larva mines the leaves of 



"Brachelytrum aristatum" early in July. 

 A. illectella Clem. Certain to be found in New Jersey. 

 A. maculosella Clem. Described from Pennsylvania. 

 A. madarella Clem. Sure to occur in New Jersey (Kf). 

 A. orichalcella Clem. Will be found in southern New Jersey. 

 A. praematurella Clem. New Jersey in early April. 



LYMN/ECIA Staint. 



L. phragmitella Steph. Abundant in marshes everywhere (Kf ) ; larva 



in stems of cat-tails; Newark; Orange Mts., VII (Wdt) ; 5-mile beach 

 VII (Haim). 



SCYTHRIS Hbn. 



S. basilaris Zell. Essex Co. VIII, 15 (Kf ) ; New Brunswick VI, 28 (Sm); 



Anglesea VII, 24 (Lt). 

 S. eboracensis Zell. Common at Greenwood Lake and Anglesea VI (Kf); 



Jamesburg VI (Sm) ; Merchantville V, 25, lona VI, Brown's Mills VII, 



22 (Dke). 

 S. impositellus Zell. Common, larva on asters (Bt) ; Wenonah V, 30 



(Haim); 5-mile beach V, VI (div). 

 S. fuscicomella Clem. N. Woodbury VI, 17 (Kf). 



ANTISPILA Hbn. 



A. Isabella Clem. Rare, larva mines leaves of Isabella grape IX. 

 A. cornifoliella Clem. Essex Co. VI, 18, larva makes a blotch mine on 



"Cornus." 

 A. nyssa^foliella Clem. Wenonah V, VI (div); common, larva mines 



leaves of "Nyssa multiflora" IX (Dietz). 

 A. viticordjifioliella Clem. Not rare; larva makes an orange colored 



blotch mine on the leaves of wild grape, "Vitis cordifolia" in August 



(Dietz). 



