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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Pack.) 
  

  

  ISIA 
  Wlk. 
  (PYRRHARCTIA 
  

  

  Isabella 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Common 
  

  

  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  April 
  

   to 
  August. 
  The 
  woolly 
  lar- 
  

   va 
  is 
  often 
  seen 
  late 
  in 
  fall 
  

   crawling 
  about, 
  seeking 
  

   shelter 
  for 
  hibernation, 
  and 
  

   is 
  readily 
  known 
  by 
  the 
  

   black 
  extremities 
  and 
  

   brown 
  middle. 
  There 
  are 
  

   two 
  broods, 
  and 
  almost 
  

   anything 
  serves 
  as 
  food 
  

   plant. 
  

  

  PHRAGMATOBIA 
  Steph. 
  

  

  fuliginosa 
  Linn. 
  Lake 
  Ho- 
  

   patcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  

   VII, 
  10 
  (Gr); 
  Chester 
  VIII, 
  

   6 
  (Dn); 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (div) 
  ; 
  

   Jersey 
  City 
  VI. 
  at 
  light 
  

   (Kr); 
  Anglesea 
  (div).- 
  The 
  

  

  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  golden 
  rod, 
  skunk 
  cabbage, 
  iron 
  weed 
  and 
  other 
  

   plants. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  183. 
  — 
  Isia 
  Isabella: 
  a, 
  larva; 
  b. 
  pupa 
  in 
  

   cocoon; 
  c, 
  female 
  moth. 
  

  

  APANTESIS 
  Wlk. 
  (ARCTIA 
  Schr.) 
  

  

  Virgo 
  Linn. 
  Hopatcong 
  (div); 
  Chester 
  (Dn) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (div); 
  

   5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  24 
  (Haim). 
  Probably 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  

   rare; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  plantain, 
  lettuce 
  and 
  other 
  low 
  plants. 
  

  

  virguncula 
  Kirby. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   throughout 
  north 
  Jersey; 
  but 
  everywhere 
  rare. 
  

  

  (Soc). 
  Probably 
  

  

  A. 
  michabo 
  Grt. 
  New 
  Brunswick, 
  in 
  July, 
  at 
  light. 
  

  

  A. 
  parthenice 
  Kirby. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Newark 
  (Soc). 
  

  

  A. 
  oithona 
  Strck., 
  var. 
  rectilinea 
  French. 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  without 
  definite 
  

   locality 
  (Wrms). 
  

  

  A. 
  anna 
  Grt. 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  (Dyar) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VII, 
  18 
  (Kp). 
  

  

  var. 
  persephone 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  (Bt). 
  Both 
  

   species 
  and 
  variety 
  is 
  decidedly 
  rare. 
  

  

  A. 
  arge 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  Sussex 
  to 
  Cape 
  May 
  County 
  in 
  

   every 
  month 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  August. 
  Mr. 
  Grossbeck 
  reports 
  eggs 
  at 
  

   Paterson 
  V, 
  i, 
  larva 
  from 
  V, 
  18-VI, 
  20. 
  It 
  feeds 
  on 
  grass, 
  plantago, 
  

   Chenopodium 
  Polygonum 
  and 
  other 
  low 
  plants. 
  

  

  A. 
  phylllra 
  Dru. 
  Plainfield 
  V, 
  18 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  Dist. 
  (div); 
  Woodbury 
  

   VI, 
  8 
  (Kp). 
  Not 
  at 
  all 
  common, 
  and, 
  with 
  it, 
  the 
  variety 
  "figurata" 
  

   Dru. 
  is 
  also 
  found. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  general 
  feeder. 
  

  

  