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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  N. 
  smith! 
  i 
  Snell. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VIII 
  & 
  IX, 
  more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   northern 
  portion. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  usually 
  named 
  "baja" 
  in 
  col- 
  

   lections. 
  

  

  N. 
  normaniana 
  Grt. 
  Sussex 
  Co. 
  VIII, 
  22, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Coll); 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr). 
  Locally 
  common, 
  but 
  seems 
  

   confined 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  N. 
  bicarnea 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VII-XI 
  usually 
  common. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  is 
  a 
  general 
  feeder 
  on 
  low 
  plants; 
  but 
  is 
  not 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  econom- 
  

   ically 
  important 
  species. 
  

  

  N. 
  c-nigrum 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VII-XI. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  injurious 
  species 
  found 
  in 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  

  

  N. 
  phyllophora 
  Grt. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  V-VIII 
  (div) 
  ; 
  larva 
  in 
  

   March 
  (Sb). 
  

  

  N. 
  plecta 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-IX, 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  numerous. 
  

   The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  celery, 
  lettuce 
  and 
  similar 
  plants; 
  but 
  rarely 
  in 
  

   injurious 
  numbers. 
  

  

  N. 
  collaris 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Ramsey 
  IX, 
  10 
  (Sleight). 
  

  

  N. 
  haruspica 
  Grt. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm), 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  

   North 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  N. 
  clandestina 
  Harr. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V-IX, 
  concealed 
  

   under 
  bark, 
  in 
  crevices 
  and 
  other 
  shelter. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   more 
  injurious 
  cut-worms. 
  

  

  N. 
  lubricans 
  Gn. 
  Great 
  Notch 
  VIII, 
  26 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Boonton 
  VIII, 
  Elizabeth 
  

   VIII, 
  13 
  (Kp); 
  Newark 
  VIII 
  (div). 
  

  

  PERIDROMA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  P. 
  occulta 
  Linn. 
  Newark, 
  at 
  light 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  5- 
  

  

  mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (div). 
  

   P. 
  margaritosa 
  Haw., 
  var. 
  saucia 
  Hbn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII-XI. 
  

  

  The 
  larva 
  is 
  a 
  general 
  feeder 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  injurious 
  cut-worms. 
  

   P. 
  incivis 
  Gn. 
  Boonton 
  IX 
  (Bwl) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  (Cr); 
  Jersey 
  City 
  VII, 
  at 
  

  

  sugar 
  (Kr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  16 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

  

  VIII-X 
  (Ds); 
  Stone 
  Harbor 
  VIII, 
  3 
  (Dke); 
  5-mile 
  beach, 
  VIII, 
  20 
  

  

  (Haim). 
  

  

  RHIZAGROTIS 
  Sm. 
  

  

  R. 
  acclivis 
  Morr. 
  Rare 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  (Bt). 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  it 
  should 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  

   New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  FELTIA 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  F. 
  subgothica 
  Haw. 
  Occiirs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  of 
  the 
  allied 
  species. 
  The 
  caterpillar 
  is 
  sometimes 
  quite 
  abun- 
  

   dant, 
  but 
  rarely 
  injurious. 
  

  

  F. 
  jaculifera 
  Gn. 
  With 
  the 
  preceding 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  but 
  less 
  abundant, 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  localities 
  entirely 
  absent. 
  

  

  F. 
  herilis 
  Grt. 
  Also 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  with 
  the 
  two 
  preceding, 
  

   but 
  is 
  more 
  rare 
  than 
  either. 
  

  

  