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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  MELALOPHA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  M. 
  albosigma 
  Fitch. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VI 
  (Sb); 
  throughout 
  

  

  northern 
  New 
  Jersey 
  VI-VIII; 
  larva 
  solitary 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  poplar. 
  

   M. 
  brucei 
  Hy. 
  Edw. 
  Passaic 
  VI, 
  18 
  (Wrms). 
  

   M. 
  apicalis 
  Wlk. 
  Hopatcong 
  -^ 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  common 
  

  

  along 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Valley 
  (Dyar), 
  and 
  local 
  throughout 
  the 
  

  

  State; 
  larva 
  solitary 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  poplar. 
  

   M. 
  inclusa 
  Hbn. 
  More 
  or 
  less 
  abundant 
  throughout 
  the 
  State; 
  adults 
  

  

  V-VII 
  and 
  VIII-X; 
  larva 
  gregarious 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  poplar. 
  

  

  DATANA 
  Wlk. 
  

   D. 
  angusii 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  

  

  Fig. 
  198. 
  — 
  Yellow-necked 
  caterpillar, 
  Datana 
  ministra. 
  

   larva; 
  b, 
  moth; 
  c, 
  eggs; 
  d, 
  single 
  egg, 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Freehold 
  (U 
  S 
  Ag) 
  ; 
  locally 
  com- 
  

   mon; 
  larva 
  on 
  hickory, 
  witch-hazel, 
  huckleberry, 
  etc. 
  

  

  D. 
  ministra 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI 
  & 
  VII. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  yellow-necked 
  caterpillar 
  of 
  the 
  apple, 
  which 
  sometimes 
  defoli- 
  

   ates 
  nursery 
  and 
  even 
  orchard 
  trees. 
  It 
  feeds 
  also 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  

   of 
  other 
  fruit, 
  forest 
  and 
  shade 
  trees. 
  

  

  D. 
  drexelii 
  Hy. 
  Edw. 
  Paterson 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Caldwell 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  5- 
  

   mile 
  beach 
  VIII 
  (Haim), 
  and 
  at 
  numerous 
  intervening 
  localities; 
  

   larva 
  on 
  huckleberry, 
  witch-hazel 
  and 
  linden. 
  

  

  D. 
  major 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VI 
  (Soc); 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VI, 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VI 
  (Coll); 
  larva 
  on 
  witch-hazel, 
  

   sumac, 
  "Andromeda." 
  

  

  D. 
  palmii 
  Beut. 
  Del. 
  Water 
  Gap 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Hopatcong, 
  larva 
  VII, 
  4, 
  pupa 
  

   10-15, 
  adults 
  VIII 
  (Dow) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  huckleberry. 
  

  

  D. 
  perspicua 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII; 
  larva 
  sometimes 
  

   abundant 
  on 
  sumac 
  VIII, 
  IX. 
  

  

  D. 
  integerrima 
  G. 
  & 
  R. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI-VIII; 
  the 
  black 
  larva? 
  

   on 
  hickory 
  and 
  walnut, 
  often 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  They 
  are 
  covered 
  

  

  