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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  RCESELIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  R. 
  minuscula 
  Zell. 
  Plainfield 
  VI, 
  29 
  (Gr). 
  

   var. 
  phylla 
  Dyar. 
  Gloucester 
  Co. 
  V, 
  29 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  NIGETIA 
  Wlk. 
  (NOLA.) 
  

  

  N. 
  formosalis 
  Wlk. 
  (melanopa 
  Zell.) 
  Newark, 
  New 
  Brunswick. 
  

  

  Family 
  NYCTEOLID^. 
  

  

  Obscurely 
  marked, 
  gray 
  species; 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  wing 
  form 
  much 
  

   like 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Tortricids 
  or 
  "bell-moths," 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  structural 
  char- 
  

   acters 
  mainly 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Lithosians. 
  

  

  SARROTHRIPA 
  Curt. 
  

  

  S. 
  revayana 
  Scop., 
  var. 
  lintneriana 
  Spey. 
  Guttenberg 
  VII, 
  3 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  

   Newark 
  VII 
  (Soc); 
  Elizabeth 
  VII, 
  30 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  

   poplar. 
  The 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  rare, 
  and 
  probably 
  occurs 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Family 
  ARCTIID^. 
  

  

  The 
  adults 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "tiger 
  moths" 
  from 
  their 
  bright 
  stripings, 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  as 
  "woolly 
  bears" 
  from 
  the 
  shaggy 
  clothing 
  of 
  hair 
  with 
  which 
  many 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  covered. 
  The 
  moths 
  are 
  stoutly 
  built, 
  of 
  moderate 
  or 
  small 
  

   size, 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  head 
  on 
  which 
  ocelli 
  or 
  simple 
  eyes 
  are 
  always 
  present, 
  

   rather 
  small 
  palpi 
  and 
  a 
  functional 
  tongue. 
  The 
  antennae 
  vary, 
  but 
  are 
  

   often 
  pectinated 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  rather 
  closely 
  

   scaled. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  general 
  feeders 
  in 
  most 
  cases, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  whole 
  prefer 
  low 
  

   plants, 
  plantain 
  being 
  an 
  all 
  but 
  universal 
  food. 
  A 
  few 
  species 
  are 
  trouble- 
  

   some 
  in 
  the 
  garden, 
  but 
  may 
  be 
  controlled 
  by 
  hand 
  picking 
  or 
  a 
  resort 
  

   to 
  arsenate 
  of 
  lead. 
  Others, 
  like 
  the 
  "fall 
  web-worm," 
  feed 
  on 
  trees 
  and 
  

   may 
  become 
  serious 
  pests. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  spin 
  a 
  little 
  silk 
  and 
  make 
  a 
  

   cocoon 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  pass 
  the 
  pupal 
  stage. 
  As 
  the 
  silk 
  is 
  too 
  scant 
  to 
  do 
  

   this 
  properly, 
  they 
  add 
  to 
  it 
  the 
  hair 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  covered. 
  This 
  

   hair, 
  to 
  facilitate 
  such 
  a 
  felting 
  process, 
  is 
  furnished 
  with 
  little 
  spurs 
  and 
  

   branches 
  which 
  break 
  off 
  readily. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  should 
  be 
  carefully 
  

   handled 
  therefore, 
  because 
  these 
  little 
  barbs 
  forced 
  into 
  a 
  sensitive 
  skin 
  

   may 
  set 
  up 
  an 
  intense 
  irritation 
  resulting 
  in 
  blotches 
  or 
  swellings 
  like 
  a 
  

   nettle 
  rash. 
  

  

  EUBAPHE 
  Hbn. 
  

   E. 
  laeta 
  Guer. 
  Forked 
  River 
  Mt. 
  VII, 
  8 
  (Dke); 
  in 
  dry 
  woods 
  in 
  June 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  