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  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  S. 
  gordius 
  Cram. 
  Essex 
  and 
  Union 
  Co. 
  V-VII 
  (div); 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  

   probably 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  locally 
  not 
  rare. 
  Mr. 
  Brehme 
  

   reports 
  eggs 
  V-VII 
  and 
  larvae 
  until 
  frost 
  on 
  huckleberry, 
  bayberry 
  

   and 
  birch. 
  Other 
  recorded 
  food 
  plants 
  are 
  ash, 
  apple, 
  privet, 
  &c. 
  

  

  S. 
  luscitiosa 
  Clem. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  V, 
  20- 
  VI, 
  20 
  (div); 
  Passaic 
  VII, 
  29 
  

   (Wrms) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  V, 
  20-VI, 
  25, 
  second 
  hatch 
  about 
  VIII, 
  1, 
  no 
  eggs 
  

   or 
  larvae 
  from 
  these 
  (Bz). 
  Eggs 
  are 
  recorded 
  on 
  willow 
  from 
  V, 
  16 
  

   (Br) 
  to 
  VI, 
  21 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  larvae 
  until 
  late 
  July. 
  

  

  S. 
  chersis 
  Hbn. 
  G. 
  d., 
  V-VIII, 
  local 
  and 
  nowhere 
  common. 
  Eggs 
  are 
  

   found 
  VII, 
  22-VIII, 
  11 
  and 
  larv« 
  from 
  VII, 
  15-X, 
  2 
  (Wrms). 
  Food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  lilac 
  and 
  ash. 
  

  

  S. 
  eremitus 
  Hbn. 
  G. 
  d., 
  and 
  occasionally 
  not 
  rare; 
  the 
  larva 
  in 
  August 
  

   on 
  pepper, 
  mountain 
  mint 
  (Br), 
  wild 
  bergamot 
  and 
  Salvia. 
  

  

  S. 
  plebeius 
  Fab. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VI 
  (div); 
  Hoboken 
  VIII 
  (Kr) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  VII 
  

   (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V-VII; 
  and 
  probably 
  g. 
  d. 
  The 
  larvae 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  

   trumpet 
  vine 
  (Tecoma 
  radicans), 
  "Bignonia" 
  and 
  "Passiflora." 
  

  

  DOLBA 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  D. 
  hylaeus 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  local. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VI-VIII 
  

   (div); 
  Woodbridge 
  VI 
  (Wrms); 
  Paterson 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  VI, 
  16 
  (Ds). 
  

   Eggs 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  larvae 
  up 
  to 
  VIII, 
  17 
  (div). 
  Feeds 
  on 
  black 
  alder, 
  sweet 
  

   fern 
  and 
  "Prinos"; 
  larva 
  feeds 
  very 
  fast 
  and 
  reaches 
  its 
  full 
  growth 
  in 
  

  

  20 
  days 
  (Br). 
  

  

  CHL/ENOGRAMMA 
  Sm. 
  

  

  C. 
  jasminearum 
  Bdv. 
  Hasbrouck 
  Hts. 
  (Wrms); 
  Hewitt 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Essex; 
  

   Co. 
  (div). 
  

  

  CERATOMIA 
  Harr. 
  

  

  C. 
  amyntor 
  Hbn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI 
  and 
  VII. 
  Mr. 
  Brehme 
  reports 
  

   eggs 
  VI 
  and 
  VII 
  and 
  larvae 
  until 
  October 
  on 
  elm, 
  linden 
  and 
  birch. 
  

   The 
  caterpillars 
  differ 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  Sphinges 
  by 
  having 
  four 
  

   little 
  thoracic 
  horns. 
  

  

  C. 
  undulosa 
  Wlk. 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  and 
  not 
  rare. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  V-VIII 
  

   (div); 
  Elizabeth 
  VI-VIII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V-VIII 
  (Ds); 
  Lake 
  

   Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Gloucester 
  (Lt) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VI 
  (Haim). 
  Eggs 
  

   VI 
  and 
  VII, 
  larvae 
  until 
  VIII 
  (Br), 
  on 
  lilac, 
  privet, 
  ash 
  and 
  locust. 
  

  

  C. 
  catalpae 
  Bdv. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  wherever 
  the 
  Catalpa 
  occurs. 
  

   Since 
  1900 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  invaded 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  the 
  South, 
  spread- 
  

   ing 
  first 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware 
  and 
  gradually 
  extending 
  until 
  it 
  has 
  

   reached 
  all 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  gaudy 
  black 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   and 
  feed 
  in 
  colonies, 
  sometimes 
  sufficient 
  to 
  defoliate 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  in 
  

   a 
  few 
  days. 
  In 
  nurseries 
  great 
  injury 
  has 
  been 
  done, 
  and 
  active 
  

   measures 
  are 
  necessary 
  to 
  kill 
  them 
  off. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  broods, 
  and 
  

   larvas 
  occur 
  from 
  July 
  until 
  September. 
  Adults 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  May 
  

  

  