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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Famil)- 
  AGARISTID^. 
  

  

  Medium 
  sized 
  moths, 
  with 
  black, 
  contrastingly 
  white 
  spotted 
  or 
  red- 
  

   banded 
  wings, 
  the 
  antennas 
  slender, 
  of 
  equal 
  thickness 
  throughout 
  or 
  

   somewhat 
  enlarged 
  toward 
  the 
  tip. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  curiously 
  banded 
  

   with 
  red, 
  brown 
  and 
  gray 
  and 
  feed 
  on 
  grape. 
  

  

  ALYPIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  octomaculata 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  in 
  

   cities 
  and 
  large 
  towns 
  in 
  June 
  

   and 
  July. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  

   grape 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  destruc- 
  

   tive 
  on 
  garden 
  vines, 
  but 
  rarely 
  

   occurs 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  country, 
  where 
  

   it 
  also 
  feeds 
  on 
  Virginia 
  creeper. 
  

   It 
  succumbs 
  readily 
  to 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   arsenites. 
  There 
  is 
  considerable 
  

   variation 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  forms 
  

   bear 
  a 
  deceptive 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   the 
  western 
  "langtonii." 
  

  

  PSYCHOMORPHA 
  Harr. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  184. 
  — 
  Alypia 
  octomaculata; 
  a, 
  larva; 
  

  

  b, 
  an 
  enlarged 
  segment; 
  

  

  c, 
  adult. 
  

  

  epimensis 
  Dru. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  

   Paterson 
  IV, 
  25 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   (Soc) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth, 
  Plainfield, 
  IV, 
  larva 
  on 
  wild 
  grape 
  only 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  IV 
  (Ds). 
  I 
  have 
  found 
  the 
  larva 
  at 
  Irvington, 
  webbing 
  up 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  of 
  grape 
  in 
  June, 
  but 
  never 
  in 
  numbers 
  sufficient 
  to 
  be 
  

   injurious. 
  The 
  adults 
  always 
  in 
  June. 
  

  

  Family 
  PANTHEID^. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family 
  resemble 
  the 
  owlet 
  moths, 
  but 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   shorter, 
  more 
  square, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  somewhat 
  retracted. 
  They 
  have 
  

   similar 
  habits, 
  however, 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  are 
  not 
  unlike 
  those 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  "Acronycta" 
  series. 
  The 
  chief 
  characters 
  used 
  in 
  their 
  separation 
  are 
  

   found 
  in 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  venation. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  injurious, 
  

   and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  commonly 
  found 
  even 
  by 
  collectors. 
  

  

  PANTHEA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  Larva 
  IX, 
  1, 
  at 
  Little 
  Falls 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  IX, 
  3, 
  one 
  

  

  P. 
  furcilla 
  Pack. 
  

  

  specimen 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  VI, 
  14 
  (Dke) 
  

  

  Feeds 
  on 
  larch 
  and 
  pine. 
  

  

  D. 
  propinquilinea 
  Grt 
  

  

  walnut, 
  maple, 
  oak 
  and 
  beech 
  

  

  DEMAS 
  Steph. 
  

  

  Ramsey 
  VI, 
  17 
  (Sleight). 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  on 
  birch, 
  

  

  