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PRODOXUS Riley. 



P. intermedius Riley. New Brunswick (Coll); Weymouth VI, 1-8 (Dke) ; 

 the larvae bore in stalks of Yucca in great numbers. 



PRONUBA Riley. 



P. yuccasella Riley. Occurs wherever Yucca is grown and seeds, the 

 flowers depending upon this moth for pollination; larvae develop in 

 the seed capsules, pupate in cocoon on ground, adults emerge when 

 flowers open. 



ACROLOPHUS Poey. 

 A. plumifrontellus Clem. Throughout the State, locally not rare VI, VII. 



ANAPHORA Clem. 



These are large, robust species with very long curved palpi, the body 

 covered with rough, coarse scales. They are sombre brown in color and 

 altogether unlike in appearance to the forms with which they are asso- 

 ciated. 



A. popeanella Clem. Essex Co. VI, VII, very abundant at light. 

 A. tenuis Wlsm. Angle&ea VI, 23 (Kf ) ; this is probably the form listed 

 as "propinqua" in last edition. 



PSEUDANAPHORA Wlsm. 



P. arcanella Clem. Throughout the State VII, usually common. 

 P. mora Grt. Newark X, 8 (Bwl) ; Riverton XI, Wenonah X (Dke); not 



uncommon X, g. d.; the flight is at 4 o'clock P. M., and one female in 



a cage will attract hundreds of males. 



MICROPTERYGOIDEA. 



In this series we have a remnant of ancient conditions, the two pairs 

 of wings being held together by a "Jugum," or fold at the base of the 

 fore-wings, as in the "Trichoptera," from which the "Lepidoptera" are de- 

 rived. The two pairs of wings are similar in size and venation, and are 

 fastened to a loose-jointed body. 



The "Hepialidae" are large or very large, known as "ghost-moths," from 

 their peculiar hovering, silent flight, and they are rare in collections. 

 The larvae are borers, and some of them require several years to come 

 to maturity. 



The "Micropterygidse" are small or very small species. The typical 

 genus "Micropteryx," whose larvae live on wet moss, does not occur with 

 us, its representative oeing "Epimartyria" Wlsm. In "Eriocrania" Zell. 

 the larvse in Europe are leaf-miners. So far no North American species 

 have been bred, but the very large blotch mines and larvae have -been 

 found in abundance in Essex County and Anglesea in May and June on 

 various species of oak, chestnut and birch. The larva is full grown in 



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