42 Journal New York Entomological Society, [^'o'- x.wiii. 



Apantesis arge Dru. 



Forbes (23d Rept. St. Ent. 111., 1905, p. 75) states that this is 

 especially a southern species reported many years ago as destructive 

 to Indian corn in the southern states. In addition to corn it is 

 known to feed upon plantain, smartweed, dock, cactus, lamb's quar- 

 ters and evening primrose. According to Forbes the species is 

 double brooded, passing the winter in the latitude of Illinois as a 

 partly grown larva and changing to a pupa in March and April of 

 the following year. After a pupal period of 15 days the moths 

 emerge and lay eggs until late in May. These hatch in 15 days, 

 producing a second brood of caterpillars in the middle of June and 

 the pupae from these are formed early in July. Late in July and 

 early in August the moths appear after a 20-day pupal period and 

 deposit eggs which in September produce the hibernating brood of 

 caterpillars. 



Smith (Insects of New Jersey, N. J. St. Mus. Rept., 1909) records 

 it from Sussex to Cape May counties, reporting that Mr. Grossbeck 

 found eggs at Paterson May 5, larvae from May 18 to June 20, feed- 

 ing on grass, plantain, Chenopodhim, Polygonum and other low 

 plants. Edwards (Bui. 35, U. S. Nat. Mus.) gives numerous refer- 

 ences to this species and lists O. bieuiiis as the food plant. 



Euthisanotia unio Hubn. 



This species, known as the Pearl Wood-nymph, is also recorde4 

 as a feeder on evening primrose and grape, although Saunders (In- 

 sects Injurious to Fruits, p. 261) states that the larva of this species 

 closely resembles that of Euthisanotia grata, long known as a grape 

 feeder, and that Dr. Fitch, who first announced grape as a food 

 plant of E. unio, may have mistaken the larva of gi-ata for unio. 

 Smith (Insects of New Jersey) states that E. tmio occurs through- 

 out the state, locally, more or less abundant, June and July, the 

 larvae being found on evening primrose and Epilohium. Beuten- 

 muller (Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., V, March, 1890) furnished these 

 food plants for Smith's List. Edwards (Bui. 35, U. S. Nat. Mus.) 

 gives numerous references to this species and mentions vitis as the 

 food plant. 



