﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  HEMARIS 
  Dalm. 
  

  

  H. 
  diffinis 
  Bdv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  not 
  rare; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  "Apocy- 
  

   num" 
  and 
  "Symphoricarpus." 
  The 
  forms 
  listed 
  as 
  "tenuis" 
  Grt., 
  and 
  

   "axillaris" 
  Grt. 
  & 
  Rob., 
  are 
  now 
  generally 
  regarded 
  as 
  varieties 
  of 
  

   this 
  species. 
  They 
  seem 
  rather 
  mor€, 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  H. 
  gracilis 
  Grt. 
  & 
  Rob. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Lakewood 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Brown's 
  

   Mills 
  V, 
  27 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  H. 
  thysbe 
  Fab. 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  and 
  not 
  uncommon 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  

   August; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  "Viburnum," 
  sheepberry, 
  honeysuckle 
  and 
  snow- 
  

   berry. 
  The 
  varieties 
  "ruficaudis" 
  Kirby 
  (which 
  replaces 
  "uniformis" 
  

   Grt. 
  & 
  Rob.) 
  and 
  "floridensis" 
  Grt. 
  & 
  Rob., 
  are 
  somewhat 
  less 
  abund- 
  

   ant 
  than 
  the 
  type 
  form; 
  but 
  equally 
  widespread. 
  Mr. 
  Beutenmuller 
  

   records 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  never 
  raised 
  the 
  "thysbe" 
  form 
  from 
  "uniformis" 
  

   larva, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  records 
  "uniformis" 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  only, 
  

   while 
  "thysbe" 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  only. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Chcerocampin^. 
  

  

  A 
  considerable 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  sub-family 
  feed 
  

   in 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  stage 
  upon 
  the 
  vine 
  or 
  plants 
  allied 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  some 
  are 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  injurious. 
  

  

  AELLOPOS 
  Hbn. 
  

   A. 
  tantalus 
  Linn. 
  A 
  southern 
  species, 
  which 
  sometimes 
  occurs 
  along 
  

   the 
  coast. 
  

  

  TRIPTOGON 
  Men. 
  

   T. 
  lugubris 
  Linn. 
  (Enyo) 
  Also 
  a 
  visitor 
  from 
  the 
  South; 
  Bergen 
  Point, 
  

   IX, 
  24 
  (Wrms), 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  electric 
  lights 
  at 
  Long 
  Branch 
  

   and 
  Asbury 
  Park. 
  

  

  AMPHION 
  Hbn. 
  

   A. 
  nessus 
  Cram. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  and 
  locally 
  

   common 
  on 
  flowers; 
  at 
  Anglesea 
  on 
  blue 
  flag 
  (Lt). 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  

   on 
  grape, 
  Virginia 
  creeper, 
  "Fuchsia" 
  and 
  "Epilobium." 
  

  

  SPHECODINA 
  Blanch. 
  

   S. 
  abbotii 
  Swains. 
  Not 
  uncommon, 
  locally, 
  May 
  to 
  July, 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Mr. 
  Brehme 
  records 
  eggs 
  from 
  May 
  5, 
  larvae 
  to 
  July 
  5. 
  Food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  grape 
  and 
  Virginia 
  ci'eeper, 
  and 
  the 
  ugly 
  dull 
  brown 
  larva 
  

   is 
  quite 
  familiar 
  to 
  collectors 
  wherever 
  these 
  plants 
  occur. 
  

  

  DEIDAMIA 
  Clem. 
  

   D. 
  inscripta 
  Clem. 
  Generally 
  distributed; 
  but 
  rarely 
  abundant. 
  The 
  

   adult 
  is 
  seldom 
  taken; 
  but 
  larvae 
  may 
  be 
  locally 
  plentiful 
  on 
  grape 
  

   and 
  Virginia 
  creeper. 
  Flies 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  DELLEPHILA 
  Ochs. 
  

   D. 
  gallii 
  Rott. 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  VIII 
  (Kr) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  

   Passaic 
  Co. 
  VIII, 
  2 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  not 
  really 
  common 
  anywhere. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   on 
  grape 
  and 
  Epilobium. 
  

  

  