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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  GLUPHISIA 
  Bdv. 
  

  

  G. 
  septentrionalis 
  Wlk. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  V-VIII 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Wood- 
  

   side 
  VI, 
  4 
  (Bwl) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  willow, 
  poplar, 
  yellow 
  birch, 
  sweet 
  gum. 
  

   G. 
  severa 
  Hy. 
  Edw. 
  (Eumelia) 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt, 
  Dyar) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  poplar. 
  

  

  ELLIDA 
  Grt. 
  

  

  E. 
  caniplaga 
  Wlk. 
  Montclair, 
  electric 
  light 
  VI, 
  8 
  (Kf). 
  

  

  Family 
  LIPARID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  "tussock 
  moths"; 
  sombre 
  gray 
  or 
  brown 
  species 
  ot 
  

   moderate 
  size, 
  with 
  broad 
  wings, 
  broadly 
  pectinated 
  antennae 
  in 
  the 
  

   male, 
  and 
  long 
  hairy 
  fore-legs, 
  which 
  when 
  at 
  rest 
  are 
  stretched 
  out 
  

   forward. 
  In 
  the 
  genera 
  "Notolophus" 
  and 
  "Hemerocampa," 
  the 
  latter 
  of 
  

   which 
  is 
  now 
  used 
  for 
  our 
  species 
  previously 
  referred 
  to 
  "Notolophus," 
  

   the 
  females 
  are 
  wingless. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  brightly 
  colored 
  and 
  have 
  

   truncated 
  dorsal 
  tufts 
  or 
  brushes 
  of 
  hair 
  and 
  long 
  pencils 
  at 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  

   extremities. 
  

  

  HEMEROCAMPA 
  Dyar. 
  

   H. 
  definita 
  Pack. 
  Lake 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Millburn 
  — 
  eggs 
  only 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  

   Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  quite 
  a 
  general 
  feeder. 
  

   H. 
  leucostigma 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  The 
  "vaporer" 
  or 
  "White-marked 
  Tussock 
  

   Moth." 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  cities, 
  towns 
  and 
  villages, 
  

   and 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  pests 
  of 
  shade 
  trees. 
  It 
  

   is 
  rarely 
  found 
  in 
  woodland 
  or 
  away 
  from 
  settlements, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  abundant 
  and 
  troublesome 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  dominance 
  of 
  

   the 
  sparrows, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  eat 
  the 
  larvae 
  and 
  prevent 
  the 
  existence 
  

   of 
  birds 
  which 
  might 
  do 
  so. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  wingless, 
  and 
  when 
  she 
  

   emerges 
  from 
  the 
  pupa 
  crawls 
  on 
  her 
  cocoon 
  and 
  lays 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  

   whitish 
  eggs, 
  which 
  are 
  then 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  snow 
  white, 
  frothy 
  mass 
  

   that 
  becomes 
  hard 
  and 
  brittle 
  after 
  a 
  brief 
  exposure 
  to 
  the 
  air. 
  

   There 
  are 
  two 
  broods 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  only 
  one 
  

   in 
  the 
  north. 
  In 
  Newark 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  partial 
  second 
  brood 
  only. 
  In 
  

   any 
  case 
  the 
  eggs 
  winter 
  unhatched, 
  and 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  conspicuous, 
  

   gathering 
  and 
  destroying 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  way 
  of 
  checking 
  the 
  species 
  on 
  

   small 
  trees. 
  The 
  young 
  larvse 
  succumb 
  readily 
  to 
  the 
  arsenites; 
  but 
  

   the 
  older 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  quite 
  resistant. 
  

  

  OLENE 
  Hbn. 
  

   O. 
  achatina 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Near 
  Newark 
  in 
  July; 
  larvae 
  on 
  the 
  usual 
  orchard 
  

  

  trees 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  oak, 
  hickory, 
  chestnut 
  and 
  other 
  forest 
  trees. 
  

   O. 
  tephra 
  Hbn. 
  (parallela 
  G. 
  & 
  R.) 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Greenwood 
  

  

  Lake, 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Jersey 
  City, 
  Newark 
  (div). 
  Larva 
  on 
  apple, 
  

  

  plum, 
  oak, 
  walnut, 
  chestnut 
  and 
  other 
  forest 
  trees. 
  

   O. 
  plagiata 
  Wlk. 
  (clintonii 
  G. 
  & 
  R.) 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Greenwood 
  

  

  Lake 
  (Dyar) 
  ; 
  Morris 
  Plains 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Newark. 
  Larva 
  on 
  persimmon, 
  

  

  oak, 
  hickory. 
  

  

  