﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  485 
  

  

  Family 
  THYATIRID^. 
  

  

  Medium 
  or 
  rather 
  large 
  moths 
  with 
  soft 
  gray 
  and 
  pink 
  velvety 
  colors, 
  

   resembling 
  the 
  owlets 
  in 
  appearance, 
  the 
  anal 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  fore-wings 
  

   often 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  tooth 
  or 
  lappet. 
  The 
  family 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  one, 
  and 
  

   we 
  have 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  species. 
  

  

  EUTHYATIRA 
  Smith. 
  

  

  E. 
  pudens 
  Gn. 
  A 
  New 
  Jersey 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Hulst 
  collection. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  in 
  spun-up 
  leaves 
  of 
  dogwood, 
  "C. 
  florida" 
  (Dyar). 
  

  

  PSEUDOTHYATIRA 
  Grt. 
  

  

  P. 
  cymatophoroides 
  Gn. 
  Piedmont 
  Plain 
  and 
  northward 
  VI-VIII; 
  the 
  

   larva 
  on 
  birch 
  (Dyar), 
  maple 
  and 
  oak, 
  looks 
  like 
  a 
  Notodontian. 
  

   var. 
  expultrix 
  Grt. 
  Occurs 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  common. 
  

  

  THYATIRA 
  Ochs. 
  

  

  T. 
  scripta 
  Gosse. 
  Bayonne 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  black- 
  

   berry 
  and 
  raspberry; 
  nowhere 
  common. 
  

  

  T. 
  rectangula 
  Ottol. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VI, 
  7 
  (Gr), 
  and 
  probably 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  Family 
  NOTO'DONTID^. 
  

  

  Moderately 
  sized 
  moths 
  with 
  somewhat 
  retracted 
  head, 
  short 
  palpi, 
  

   rather 
  short 
  antennse 
  and 
  often 
  short, 
  useless 
  tongue. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  

   comparatively 
  short, 
  quadrate, 
  while 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  usually 
  long, 
  cylin- 
  

   drical 
  and 
  obtusely 
  terminated. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  moderate 
  in 
  length 
  or 
  

   short. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  broad, 
  the 
  inner 
  margin 
  often 
  

   produced 
  into 
  a 
  tooth, 
  lobe 
  or 
  similar 
  process. 
  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  naked 
  

   or 
  have 
  only 
  sparse 
  hair; 
  but 
  often 
  have 
  spines, 
  spurs, 
  humps 
  and 
  other 
  

   prominences. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  anal 
  legs 
  are 
  modified 
  into 
  slender 
  pro- 
  

   cesses 
  resembling 
  a 
  long 
  fork. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  solitary 
  and 
  live 
  ex- 
  

   posed, 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  foliage 
  of 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs; 
  but 
  some 
  live 
  in 
  large 
  

   colonies 
  consisting 
  of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  one 
  batch 
  of 
  eggs. 
  A 
  few 
  live 
  in 
  

   webs 
  or 
  small 
  tents. 
  

  

  Several 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  injurious; 
  but 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  

   within 
  reach 
  of 
  arsenical 
  sprays. 
  

  

  APATELODES 
  Pack. 
  

  

  A. 
  torrefacta 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Piedmont 
  

   Plain; 
  adults 
  V-VIII; 
  larvas 
  on 
  oak, 
  wild 
  cherry, 
  blackberry, 
  sassa- 
  

   fras, 
  hazel 
  and 
  many 
  others, 
  VIII 
  & 
  IX. 
  

  

  A. 
  angelica 
  Grt. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Wrms) 
  ; 
  

   Plainfield 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  adults 
  V, 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  larva 
  on 
  ash 
  and 
  lilac 
  VIII, 
  IX. 
  

  

  