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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  FAGITANA 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  F. 
  littera 
  Grt. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Jersey 
  City 
  VII, 
  at 
  sugar 
  (Kr) 
  ; 
  New- 
  

   ark 
  (Soc), 
  and 
  probably 
  rare 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

   F. 
  u-album 
  Gn. 
  Occurs 
  rarely 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  ACHATODES 
  Gn. 
  

  

  A. 
  zese 
  Harr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  the 
  larva 
  boring 
  in 
  corn, 
  wheat 
  

   and 
  other 
  grasses. 
  It 
  is 
  sometimes 
  rather 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  

   stage, 
  but 
  has 
  never 
  yet 
  been 
  seriously 
  injurious. 
  

  

  APAMEA 
  Tr. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  species 
  placed 
  here 
  were 
  among 
  those 
  referred 
  to 
  "Hydrcecia" 
  

   in 
  the 
  previous 
  edition. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  borers, 
  and 
  not 
  often 
  found 
  ex- 
  

   cept 
  on 
  special 
  search. 
  The 
  adults 
  are 
  not 
  uncommon 
  and 
  are 
  attracted 
  

   to 
  light. 
  

  

  A. 
  velata 
  Wlk. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII, 
  sometimes 
  common. 
  

   A. 
  americana 
  Speyer. 
  (atlantica 
  Sm.) 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  July 
  

   and 
  August. 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  the 
  stems 
  of 
  grasses. 
  

  

  HYDRCECIA 
  Tr. 
  

  

  H. 
  immanis 
  Gn. 
  Local 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State; 
  the 
  larva 
  in 
  

   the 
  crown 
  roots 
  of 
  hops. 
  Dates 
  of 
  flight 
  are 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  Septem- 
  

   ber. 
  

  

  PAPAIPEMA 
  Sm. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  here 
  referred 
  constitute 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  those 
  previously 
  re- 
  

   ferrd 
  to 
  "Hydrcecia." 
  All 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  borers 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  state, 
  and 
  

   most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  rare 
  if 
  properly 
  sought 
  for; 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  

   them 
  inhabit 
  plants 
  of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance, 
  and 
  therefore 
  do 
  not 
  be- 
  

   come 
  obtrusive. 
  The 
  adults 
  are 
  rarely 
  seen, 
  and 
  while 
  they 
  are 
  quite 
  

   handsome 
  and 
  conspicuous 
  moths, 
  few 
  collections 
  have 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   scattering 
  representation 
  of 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Bird, 
  of 
  Rye, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  

   has 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  study 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  and 
  to 
  him 
  I 
  owe 
  the 
  information 
  

   concerning 
  food 
  plants. 
  

  

  P. 
  appasionata 
  Harv. 
  Lakehurst 
  (Jtl). 
  The 
  larva 
  bores 
  in 
  the 
  roots 
  

   . 
  of 
  pitcher 
  plants, 
  and 
  the 
  species 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  found 
  wherever 
  

  

  this 
  plant 
  occurs. 
  

   P. 
  marginidens 
  Gn. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IX 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  IX, 
  15 
  (Bz), 
  New 
  

  

  Brunswick 
  IX, 
  12 
  (Gr). 
  Mr. 
  Bird 
  reports 
  that 
  he 
  finds 
  the 
  larva 
  

  

  everywhere 
  in 
  "Sicuta 
  maculata." 
  

   P. 
  furcata 
  Sm. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Carlstadt, 
  where 
  the 
  larva 
  has 
  been 
  

  

  found 
  boring 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  ash, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Doll. 
  

   P. 
  circumlucens 
  Sm. 
  Newark, 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  It 
  has 
  

  

  been 
  confused 
  with 
  "marginidens," 
  and 
  probably 
  occurs 
  wherever 
  its 
  

  

  food 
  plant, 
  hop, 
  is 
  found. 
  

  

  