﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  481 
  

  

  dead 
  leaves 
  or 
  decaying 
  wood, 
  some 
  openly 
  on 
  grasses 
  and 
  other 
  vege- 
  

   tation, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  nests 
  of 
  ants. 
  None 
  of 
  those 
  

   found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey 
  are 
  economically 
  important. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  family 
  sexual 
  modification 
  has 
  run 
  wild; 
  antennae, 
  feet, 
  palpi 
  

   and 
  wings 
  being 
  modified 
  in 
  the 
  species. 
  The 
  antennae 
  of 
  the 
  males 
  have 
  

   knots, 
  spurs 
  and 
  tufts, 
  often 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  usual 
  pectinations. 
  

   The 
  legs 
  have 
  a 
  varied 
  assortment 
  of 
  hair 
  pencils 
  and 
  tufts, 
  and 
  some 
  

   of 
  these 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  palpi. 
  In 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  

   of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  deeply 
  notched, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  they 
  are 
  entire. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  likely 
  that 
  all 
  species 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   United 
  States 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  The 
  moths 
  are 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   secure 
  in 
  good 
  specimens 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  favorites 
  with 
  collectors, 
  hence 
  

   are 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  represented 
  in 
  cabinets 
  as 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  some 
  other 
  families. 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Heliin^E 
  

  

  EPIZEUXIS 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  E. 
  lubricalis 
  Geyer. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  Septem- 
  

   ber. 
  The 
  larva 
  on 
  grasses 
  (Bt) 
  and 
  in 
  decayed 
  wood 
  (Dyar). 
  Mr. 
  

   Grossbeck 
  records 
  finding 
  adults 
  in 
  swarm 
  in 
  a 
  hollow 
  tree 
  VII, 
  24. 
  

   Larvae 
  in 
  early 
  spring 
  under 
  hemlock 
  chips 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  fed 
  and 
  

   developed. 
  

  

  E. 
  denticulalis 
  Harv. 
  Elizabeth 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Roselle 
  VII, 
  15 
  from 
  the 
  Kemp 
  

   collection; 
  Paterson 
  VIII, 
  15 
  (Gr). 
  

  

  E. 
  rotundalis 
  Wlk. 
  Forest 
  Hill 
  VII 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Lake- 
  

   hurst 
  IX, 
  14 
  (div); 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  27 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  E. 
  forbesii 
  French. 
  Resembles 
  the 
  preceding 
  closely 
  and 
  is 
  probably 
  

   confused 
  with 
  it 
  in 
  collections. 
  

  

  E. 
  scobialis 
  Grt. 
  Near 
  Newark 
  and 
  in 
  eastern 
  N. 
  J. 
  generally. 
  

  

  E. 
  americalis 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII-IX. 
  I 
  have 
  it 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Hopatcong 
  and 
  Anglesea, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  numerous 
  inter- 
  

   vening 
  points. 
  Larva 
  on 
  "Hedysarum," 
  sweet-clover, 
  etc. 
  (Bt), 
  and 
  

   has 
  also 
  been 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  found 
  in 
  ants' 
  nests. 
  

  

  E. 
  aemula 
  Hbn. 
  Locally 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-IX. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  spruce 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  dead 
  leaves. 
  

  

  E. 
  julialis 
  Sm. 
  Oak 
  Ridge 
  (Shoemaker), 
  

  

  Sub-family 
  Herminiin^. 
  

  

  ZANCLOGNATHA 
  Led. 
  

  

  Z. 
  lituralis 
  Hbn. 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  VII, 
  5, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VII, 
  rare, 
  at 
  

   light 
  (Coll); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VII 
  (Wdt); 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VIII, 
  14 
  (Haim). 
  

   Z. 
  theralis 
  Wlk. 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VII, 
  9 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  Z. 
  laevigata 
  Grt. 
  Delaware 
  Water 
  Gap 
  VII, 
  1 
  (Jn) 
  15 
  (Coll); 
  Lake 
  Ho- 
  

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