﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
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  D. 
  flavicornis 
  Sm. 
  Plainfield 
  V, 
  19 
  (Gr); 
  Newark 
  in 
  May; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   (Coll) 
  ; 
  taken 
  rarely. 
  

  

  CHARADRA 
  Wlk. 
  

   C. 
  deridens 
  Gn. 
  Plainfield 
  V, 
  19 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark, 
  V, 
  at 
  light 
  (Wdt), 
  VII, 
  

   16 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  the 
  larva 
  makes 
  a 
  nest 
  on 
  leaves 
  of 
  oak 
  (Dyar) 
  and 
  feeds 
  

   also 
  on 
  birch 
  and 
  elm. 
  

  

  RAPHIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  R. 
  abrupta 
  Grt. 
  Has 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  distribution 
  as 
  "frater" 
  and 
  should 
  

  

  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

   R. 
  frater 
  Grt. 
  Paterson 
  V, 
  20 
  (Gr); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Jersey 
  City 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  

  

  (Sb) 
  ; 
  Newark, 
  V, 
  VI 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VIII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

  

  VI 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  the 
  curious 
  larva 
  on 
  poplar 
  and 
  willow. 
  

  

  Family 
  NOCTUID.E. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "owlet 
  moths," 
  with 
  plump, 
  robust 
  bodies, 
  short, 
  stiff, 
  

   triangular 
  primaries 
  and 
  broader 
  secondaries. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  usually 
  

   about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  longer, 
  simple, 
  bristled, 
  

   or 
  in 
  the 
  males 
  sometimes 
  pectinated. 
  They 
  are 
  rarely 
  seen 
  during 
  the 
  

   day 
  and 
  derive 
  their 
  common 
  name 
  from 
  their 
  night-flying 
  habits, 
  the 
  eyes 
  

   in 
  some 
  species 
  glowing 
  with 
  a 
  phosphorescent 
  light. 
  During 
  the 
  day 
  they 
  

   hide 
  under 
  bark 
  or 
  stones, 
  in 
  crevices 
  of 
  buildings, 
  or 
  wherever 
  else 
  they 
  

   can 
  find 
  shelter. 
  Some 
  forms 
  rest 
  openly 
  on 
  tree 
  trunks, 
  stones, 
  or 
  lichen- 
  

   covered 
  logs, 
  their 
  colors 
  and 
  markings 
  blending 
  so 
  perfectly 
  with 
  their 
  

   surroundings 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  invisible 
  except 
  to 
  the 
  trained 
  eye, 
  but 
  at 
  

   night 
  they 
  fiy 
  readily 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  attracted 
  to 
  light. 
  Others 
  

   have 
  a 
  sweet 
  tooth 
  and 
  frequent 
  flowers, 
  or 
  are 
  attracted 
  to 
  lures 
  spread 
  

   by 
  the 
  entomologist, 
  such 
  lures 
  consisting 
  of 
  mixtures 
  of 
  molasses, 
  beer 
  

   and 
  rum 
  or 
  their 
  equivalents. 
  

  

  The 
  caterpillars 
  vary 
  greatly, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  known 
  

   as 
  "cut-worms" 
  and 
  decidedly 
  injurious. 
  These 
  may 
  be 
  controlled 
  by 
  the 
  

   bran 
  and 
  arsenic 
  bait 
  which 
  is 
  elsewhere 
  described. 
  The 
  "cut-worms" 
  

   are 
  fond 
  of 
  bran, 
  eating 
  it 
  in 
  preference 
  to 
  their 
  normal 
  food, 
  and 
  succumb 
  

   to 
  the 
  arsenic 
  it 
  contains. 
  Its 
  use 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  to 
  

   be 
  protected; 
  in 
  corn 
  and 
  potato 
  fields 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  placed 
  a 
  spoonful 
  to 
  

   a 
  hill 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  afternoon. 
  

  

  ACRONYCTA 
  Ochs. 
  

   The 
  moths 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  are 
  generally 
  known 
  as 
  "Dagger 
  moths" 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  on 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  there 
  are 
  short 
  dagger-like 
  marks, 
  more 
  like 
  the 
  

   greek 
  "psi" 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  The 
  food 
  plants 
  in 
  this 
  genus, 
  when 
  not 
  

   specially 
  credited, 
  are 
  given 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  G. 
  Dyar. 
  

   A. 
  rubricoma 
  Gn. 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  16, 
  26, 
  larva 
  IX, 
  1 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Wdt) 
  

   and 
  probably 
  g. 
  d. 
  Caterpillar 
  feeds 
  on 
  hackberry 
  (Celtis). 
  

  

  