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  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  nais 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  September. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  

   general 
  feeder 
  on 
  low 
  plants, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  Paterson 
  (Gr). 
  

   May 
  10-19. 
  

  

  vittata 
  Fabr. 
  Elizabeth 
  VIII, 
  24 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VI, 
  and 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  State 
  generally 
  with 
  the 
  pfeceding. 
  

  

  phalerata 
  Harr. 
  Plainfield 
  V, 
  19 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  3 
  (Haim), 
  

   and 
  in 
  general 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  preceding. 
  The 
  three 
  species 
  last 
  cited 
  

   commonly 
  fly 
  together 
  and 
  are 
  almost 
  equally 
  abundant. 
  With 
  flown 
  

   specimens 
  there 
  is 
  sometimes 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  identity; 
  with 
  good 
  bred 
  

   material 
  at 
  hand 
  the 
  differences 
  are 
  obvious. 
  

  

  AMMALO 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  A. 
  tenera 
  Hbn. 
  (Cycnia) 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  15, 
  VIII, 
  25 
  (Gr), 
  to 
  5-mile 
  beach, 
  

   VIII. 
  22 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  and 
  quite 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   on 
  dog-bane. 
  

  

  A. 
  eglenensis 
  Clem. 
  (Cycnia) 
  Paterson 
  V, 
  27, 
  larvse 
  VII, 
  31 
  and 
  IX, 
  11 
  

   (Gr); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt); 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI 
  (Ds). 
  Feeds 
  

   on 
  milkweed 
  and 
  is 
  two-brooded. 
  

  

  EUCH/ETIAS 
  Lyman. 
  

  

  E. 
  egle 
  Dru. 
  (Cycnia) 
  Common 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  State; 
  two-brooded; 
  the 
  

   curiously 
  tufted 
  larva 
  on 
  milkweed 
  ; 
  flies 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  again 
  Jate 
  July 
  

   and 
  August. 
  

  

  E. 
  oregonensis 
  Stretch. 
  Still 
  to 
  be 
  discovered 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  PYGARCTIA 
  Grt. 
  

  

  P. 
  abdominalis 
  Grt. 
  Lakehurst, 
  V, 
  29, 
  VI, 
  13 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  2 
  specimens 
  only. 
  

  

  HALISIDOTA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  H. 
  tessellaris 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  

   general 
  feeder, 
  often 
  a 
  nuisance 
  on 
  shade 
  trees 
  in 
  cities, 
  sometimes 
  

   troublesome 
  in 
  gardens 
  and 
  frequently 
  found 
  on 
  fruit 
  trees, 
  on 
  which 
  

   it 
  does 
  no 
  serious 
  harm. 
  

  

  H. 
  maculata 
  Harr. 
  This 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  rare 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  (Bt), 
  but 
  

   becomes 
  more 
  common 
  northwardly. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  willow, 
  oak 
  

   and 
  poplar. 
  

  

  H. 
  caryae 
  Harr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  occurs 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  

   "tessellaris" 
  and 
  has 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  habits; 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  

   October. 
  

  

  