﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  487 
  

  

  with 
  fine 
  white 
  hair 
  and 
  often 
  group 
  themselves 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  on 
  

   the 
  trunk 
  when 
  nearly 
  full 
  grown. 
  All 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  feed 
  

   in 
  company, 
  and 
  hence 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  even 
  if 
  not 
  really 
  harmful. 
  

   D. 
  contracta 
  Wlk. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VI, 
  VII; 
  the 
  larva 
  locally 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  on 
  oak, 
  chestnut 
  and, 
  more 
  rarely, 
  hickory. 
  

  

  HYPER/ESGHRA 
  Butl. 
  (NOTODONTA 
  Ochs.) 
  

  

  H. 
  stragula 
  Grt. 
  Piedmont 
  Plain 
  and 
  northward; 
  adults 
  V, 
  VI 
  anrt 
  

   again, 
  the 
  second 
  brood, 
  VII, 
  VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  willow 
  and 
  poplar. 
  

  

  H. 
  georgica 
  H. 
  S. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VIII 
  (Sb); 
  double-brood- 
  

   ed, 
  larva 
  on 
  oaks 
  (Dyar) 
  and 
  wild 
  cherry 
  (Sb). 
  

  

  ODONTOSIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  O. 
  elegans 
  Strck. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Coll). 
  

  

  LOPHOPTERYX 
  Steph. 
  

   L. 
  americana 
  Harv. 
  (capucina 
  L.) 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Blake, 
  Packard) 
  

  

  NOTODONTA 
  Ochs. 
  

   N. 
  basitriens 
  Wlk. 
  "New 
  Jersey" 
  (Packard 
  "fide" 
  Palm). 
  

  

  PHEOSIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  P. 
  dimidiata 
  H. 
  S. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  VII, 
  28 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   (Soc); 
  Ocean 
  Co. 
  (Sm); 
  larva 
  on 
  poplar 
  IX 
  (Gr). 
  

  

  LOPHODONTA 
  Pack. 
  

  

  L. 
  ferruginea 
  Pack. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   (Ds). 
  Two 
  brooded; 
  adults 
  V-VI, 
  VII- 
  VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  paper 
  birch. 
  

  

  L. 
  angulosa 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (div); 
  

   Elizabeth 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  adults 
  VI-VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  red 
  

   oak 
  (Dyar) 
  VIII-X. 
  

  

  NADATA 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  N. 
  gibbosa 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  Double 
  brooded; 
  adults 
  V- 
  

   VI, 
  VII-VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  oak, 
  maple, 
  white 
  birch 
  and 
  plum, 
  

   var. 
  doubledayi 
  Pack. 
  Occurs 
  with 
  the 
  type, 
  but 
  more 
  rarely. 
  

  

  NERICE 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  N. 
  bidentata 
  Wlk. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  not 
  rare; 
  larva 
  on 
  elm. 
  

  

  