﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  451 
  

  

  HELOTROPHA 
  Led. 
  

  

  H. 
  reniformis 
  Grt. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX, 
  often 
  common; 
  the 
  

   variety 
  "atra" 
  Grt. 
  occurs 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  is 
  sometimes 
  the 
  more 
  

   abundant. 
  

  

  PRODENIA 
  Gn. 
  

  

  P. 
  commelina 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VIII 
  to 
  X; 
  but 
  the 
  rarest 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  genus. 
  All 
  the 
  larvae 
  feed 
  on 
  grasses. 
  

   P. 
  ornithogalli 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VIII-10; 
  locally 
  common. 
  

   P. 
  eudiopta 
  Gn. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  dates. 
  

  

  LAPHYGMA 
  Gn. 
  

  

  L. 
  frugiperda 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VIII-X. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   is 
  the 
  "fall 
  army 
  worm," 
  which 
  occasionally 
  becomes 
  abundant 
  enough 
  

   to 
  cause 
  serious 
  injury 
  to 
  late 
  crops; 
  even 
  fruit 
  trees 
  sometimes 
  

   suffer. 
  The 
  varieties 
  "fulvosa" 
  Riley 
  and 
  "obscura" 
  Riley 
  occur 
  with 
  

   the 
  type, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  abundantly. 
  

  

  MAGUSA 
  Wlk. 
  

   M. 
  divaricata 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  in 
  August 
  at 
  light 
  (div). 
  

  

  HOMOHADENA 
  Grt. 
  

   H. 
  badistriga 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  district; 
  larva 
  on 
  honeysuckle. 
  

  

  ONCOCNEMIS 
  Led. 
  

  

  O. 
  riparia 
  Morr. 
  Occurs 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  will 
  yet 
  be 
  found 
  along 
  

   shore 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  O. 
  saundersii 
  Grt. 
  Ramsey 
  IX, 
  15 
  (Sleight). 
  

  

  LEPIPOLYS 
  Gn. 
  

  

  L. 
  perscripta 
  Gn. 
  Ramsey 
  IX, 
  23 
  (Sleight), 
  and 
  at 
  other 
  points 
  in 
  New 
  

   Jersey. 
  

  

  ADITA 
  Grt. 
  

   A. 
  chionanthi 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  single 
  specimens 
  only. 
  

  

  COPIPANOLIS 
  Grt. 
  

  

  C. 
  cubilis 
  Grt. 
  Lakehurst 
  in 
  April 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  EUTOLYPE 
  Grt. 
  

   E. 
  rolandi 
  Grt. 
  Forest 
  Hill 
  IV, 
  22 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV 
  (Ds). 
  

   E. 
  bombyciformis 
  Sm. 
  Larva 
  on 
  shell-bark 
  hickory 
  and 
  is 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  

   in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  