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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  and 
  June 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  July 
  and 
  August. 
  Arsenites 
  promptly 
  applied 
  

   are 
  entirely 
  effective. 
  

  

  LAPARA 
  Wlk. 
  (ELLEMA 
  Clem.) 
  

  

  L. 
  bombycoides 
  Wlk. 
  (harrisii 
  Clem.) 
  Rare, 
  but 
  g. 
  d., 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  

   piue. 
  Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  23 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Brown's 
  Mills, 
  Jn 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  L. 
  coniferarum 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Equally 
  rare, 
  g. 
  d., 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  pine 
  feeder. 
  

   Lakehurst 
  VII, 
  17 
  (Bz). 
  

  

  Family 
  SMERINTHID^. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  family 
  the 
  tongue 
  is 
  short 
  or 
  entirely 
  absent, 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  small, 
  

   the 
  antennas 
  are 
  more 
  tufted 
  and 
  sometimes 
  pectinated, 
  the 
  wings 
  an- 
  

   gulated, 
  dentate 
  or 
  scalloped 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  habitus 
  more 
  Bombycid. 
  

  

  MARUMBA 
  Moore. 
  (TRIPTOGON 
  Brem.) 
  

  

  M. 
  modesta 
  Harr. 
  Quite 
  generally 
  distributed, 
  but 
  rare; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  

   poplar 
  and 
  willow. 
  Essex 
  County 
  VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Hackensack 
  (Gr), 
  larvae 
  

   VIII, 
  22, 
  IX, 
  3, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  moth 
  sometimes 
  comes 
  

   to 
  light, 
  as 
  do 
  others 
  of 
  this 
  family. 
  

  

  SMERINTHUS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  S. 
  jamaicensis 
  Dru. 
  Elizabeth 
  (Bz). 
  

  

  var. 
  geminatus 
  Say. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  V-VIII 
  (div); 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VI-VIII 
  (Ds), 
  and 
  g. 
  d. 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  Mr. 
  Brehme 
  

   finds 
  eggs 
  V 
  and 
  VI 
  and 
  larvae 
  until 
  VIII 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  poplar; 
  other 
  

   food 
  plants 
  are 
  elm, 
  apple, 
  cherry, 
  plum 
  and 
  ash. 
  

  

  PAONIAS 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  P. 
  excaecatus 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  quite 
  commonly, 
  June 
  

   to 
  September; 
  larvae, 
  which 
  grow 
  very 
  slowly, 
  until 
  October. 
  Food 
  

   plants 
  include 
  the 
  "Rosacese" 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  shade 
  and 
  

   forest 
  trees. 
  

  

  P. 
  myops 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VII 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VI. 
  Apparently 
  local, 
  but 
  probably 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State. 
  Larvas 
  on 
  wild 
  and 
  cultivated 
  cherry 
  until 
  November 
  (Br). 
  

  

  P. 
  astylus 
  Dru. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (div); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  

   (Dyar) 
  ; 
  Newfoundland 
  VII, 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  1 
  (Jl), 
  probably 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State 
  where 
  the 
  food 
  plant 
  occurs. 
  Eggs 
  VI-VIII 
  on 
  huckle- 
  

   berry 
  and 
  dangleberry 
  (Br) 
  ; 
  larvae 
  until 
  frost. 
  

  

  CRESSONIA 
  Grt. 
  & 
  Rob. 
  

  

  C. 
  juglandis 
  Sm. 
  & 
  Abb. 
  G. 
  d. 
  and 
  sometimes 
  rather 
  abundant. 
  Essex 
  

   Co. 
  V, 
  VI 
  (div); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI 
  (Ds); 
  Ft. 
  Lee, 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt). 
  

   Eggs 
  V-VIII, 
  larvae 
  until 
  X 
  (Br) 
  on 
  hickory 
  and 
  walnut. 
  Other 
  food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  ironwood 
  and 
  wild 
  cherry. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   "squeaking 
  Sphinx" 
  (Dyar). 
  

  

  