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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  NEPHELODES 
  Gn. 
  

  

  N. 
  minians 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VIII, 
  IX, 
  often 
  on 
  golden 
  rod; 
  the 
  

   larva 
  is 
  sometimes 
  locally 
  injurious 
  as 
  a 
  cut-worm 
  on 
  corn 
  and 
  other 
  

   grasses. 
  The 
  variety 
  "violans" 
  Gn. 
  is 
  locally 
  more 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  

   type 
  form. 
  

  

  LEUCANIA 
  Ochs. 
  

  

  The 
  larvse 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  feed 
  on 
  grasses 
  and 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  injurious. 
  

  

  L. 
  pseudargyria 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV-IX; 
  common 
  but 
  not 
  in- 
  

   jurious. 
  

  

  L. 
  luteopallens 
  Sm. 
  (pallens 
  L.) 
  Ramsey 
  IX, 
  21 
  (Sleight); 
  Newark 
  VII 
  

   (Wdt); 
  Elizabeth 
  VIII, 
  4 
  (Bz). 
  

  

  L. 
  albilinea 
  Hbn. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State 
  V-IX 
  ; 
  the 
  larva 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   "wheat-head" 
  army 
  worm; 
  attacking 
  

   the 
  grain 
  just 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  ripening 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  causing 
  serious 
  trouble 
  in 
  

   the 
  more 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  L. 
  diffusa 
  Wlk. 
  Paterson 
  V, 
  20 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Eliz- 
  

   abeth 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  

   20 
  (Haim); 
  has 
  been 
  confused 
  with 
  the 
  Fig. 
  i88.— 
  The 
  "wheat-head" 
  army 
  

   preceding 
  and 
  probably 
  has 
  much 
  the 
  worm, 
  Leucania 
  albilinea. 
  

  

  same 
  distribution. 
  

  

  L. 
  ligata 
  Grt. 
  Manumuskin 
  V, 
  5 
  (Dke). 
  

  

  L. 
  flabilis 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  at 
  light, 
  VII 
  (Wdt); 
  Elizabeth 
  IX, 
  15 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  5- 
  

   mile 
  beach 
  VII, 
  25-VIII, 
  5 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  always 
  rare. 
  

  

  L. 
  insueta 
  Gn. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Jersey 
  City 
  VI, 
  common 
  (Kr); 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  L. 
  extincta 
  Gn. 
  Newark 
  (Ang) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  V, 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  

   VIII, 
  12 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  L. 
  lYiultilinea 
  "Walk. 
  Newark 
  meadows, 
  at 
  sugar 
  (Sb); 
  Elizabeth 
  VI, 
  

   VIII 
  (Bz); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI-IX 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  27 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  L. 
  commoides 
  Gn. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll); 
  Anglesea 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (div). 
  

  

  L. 
  phragmatidicola 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V, 
  IX; 
  usually 
  common. 
  

  

  L. 
  unipuncta 
  Haw. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  May 
  until 
  frost. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  is 
  the 
  "army-worm," 
  which 
  is 
  seasonally 
  and 
  locally 
  destruc- 
  

   tive. 
  Remedial 
  measures 
  consist 
  of 
  barriers 
  and 
  mechanical 
  meth- 
  

   ods 
  adapted 
  in 
  each 
  instance 
  to 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  hand. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  189. 
  — 
  Mamestra 
  picta: 
  a, 
  the 
  "zebra 
  caterpillar;" 
  b, 
  moth. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  190. 
  — 
  "Wheat 
  head" 
  army 
  worm: 
  a, 
  a, 
  larvse 
  at 
  work 
  on 
  wheat 
  head; 
  b, 
  egg 
  mass; 
  

   c, 
  d, 
  egg 
  from 
  above 
  and 
  side, 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  191. 
  — 
  Army 
  worm 
  at 
  work. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  192. 
  — 
  Army 
  worm 
  moth, 
  Leucania 
  unipuncta 
  and 
  details. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  193. 
  — 
  Heliothis 
  armige'r: 
  a, 
  b, 
  egg 
  enlarged, 
  from 
  side 
  and 
  above; 
  c, 
  larva; 
  d, 
  pupa 
  

   in 
  underground 
  cell; 
  e, 
  adult, 
  wings 
  spread; 
  f, 
  same, 
  wings 
  closed. 
  

  

  