﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  439 
  

  

  ECPANTHERIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  E. 
  deflorata 
  Fab. 
  Paterson 
  (Gr); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VI 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  18 
  (Kp). 
  Quite 
  generally 
  distrib- 
  

   uted; 
  but 
  not 
  common; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  willow, 
  locust, 
  and 
  also 
  plantago 
  

   and 
  other 
  low 
  plants. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  "ocularia-scribonia" 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  

   edition. 
  

  

  ESTIGMENE 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  E. 
  acraea 
  Dru. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  especially 
  so 
  along 
  

   the 
  coast, 
  May 
  to 
  September. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  general 
  feeder, 
  and 
  

   from 
  its 
  occasional 
  presence 
  in 
  enormous 
  numbers 
  on 
  salt 
  marshes 
  

   is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  salt 
  marsh 
  caterpillar. 
  

  

  E. 
  antigone 
  Strck. 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VI, 
  24 
  

   (Sb); 
  Elizabeth, 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  feeder 
  (Dyar), 
  and 
  often 
  bores 
  into 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  large 
  mush- 
  

   rooms. 
  

  

  HYPHANTRIA 
  Harr. 
  

  

  H. 
  cunea 
  Dru. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  the 
  "fall 
  

   web-worm," 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  summer 
  makes 
  conspicuous 
  nests 
  or 
  

   webs 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  variety 
  of 
  shade 
  and 
  orchard 
  trees. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   broods, 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  little 
  noticed, 
  the 
  second 
  in 
  September. 
  

   Spraying 
  the 
  foliage 
  around 
  the 
  nests 
  with 
  arsenites 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  they 
  

   are 
  noticed 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  clean 
  them 
  out. 
  

  

  DIACRI&IA 
  Hbn. 
  (SPILOSOMA 
  Steph.) 
  

  

  Fig. 
  182. 
  — 
  Spilosoma 
  virginica 
  : 
  a 
  larva; 
  b, 
  pupa; 
  

  

  virginica 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  the 
  

   common 
  white, 
  yellow 
  or 
  reddish 
  woolly 
  caterpillar 
  so 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  

   gardens 
  and 
  feeding 
  on 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  vegetables. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   broods, 
  and 
  adults 
  occur 
  from 
  May 
  throughout 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  latipennis 
  Stretch. 
  Not 
  rare 
  locally 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  V, 
  20-VI. 
  20 
  

   (Bz); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V, 
  VI 
  (Ds). 
  In 
  swampy 
  meadows; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  

   Jack-in-the-pulpit, 
  touch-me-not, 
  plantago, 
  other 
  low 
  plants 
  and 
  wild 
  

   cherry 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  