﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  493 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  surrounding 
  foliage. 
  Nests 
  may 
  be 
  destroyed 
  when 
  young 
  

   or 
  the 
  space 
  around 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  sprayed 
  with 
  arsenites. 
  Cutting 
  

   out 
  the 
  egg 
  masses 
  in 
  winter 
  is 
  practical 
  in 
  small 
  orchards 
  of 
  young 
  

   trees. 
  

  

  EPICNAPTERA 
  Ram. 
  

  

  E. 
  americana 
  Harr. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  rarely, 
  April 
  to 
  July. 
  

   Plainfield 
  VI, 
  18 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  IV, 
  29 
  (Dke). 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  

   on 
  apple, 
  cherry, 
  maple, 
  birch, 
  poplar 
  and 
  other 
  trees. 
  

  

  Family 
  DREPANID^. 
  

  

  Moderate 
  sized, 
  slender, 
  broad-winged 
  species, 
  the 
  fore-wings 
  usually 
  

   falcate, 
  giving 
  them 
  the 
  common 
  name 
  "hook-tips." 
  The 
  larvse 
  have 
  

   the 
  anal 
  pro-legs 
  rudimentary 
  and 
  the 
  terminal 
  segment 
  prolonged 
  into 
  

   a 
  tail-like 
  process. 
  

  

  EUDEILINEA 
  Pack. 
  

  

  E. 
  herminiata 
  Gn. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V 
  & 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  dogwood 
  

   (Dyar). 
  

  

  ORETA 
  Wlk. 
  

  

  O. 
  rosea 
  Wlk. 
  Hopatcong 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  VIII, 
  23 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Eagle 
  Rock 
  

   VIII 
  (Wdt); 
  Newark 
  (Soc); 
  Elizabeth 
  IX, 
  10 
  (Bz); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   V, 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  "Viburnum 
  Sp.," 
  never 
  common. 
  

  

  O. 
  i 
  prorata 
  Pack. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  VI, 
  4 
  (Gr). 
  

  

  DREPANA 
  Schrank. 
  (PLATYPTERYX 
  Lasp.) 
  

  

  D. 
  arcuata 
  Wlk. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  23, 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  

   VIII, 
  20 
  (Gr); 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  V 
  (Wdt); 
  Newark 
  VIII 
  (div); 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  VIII, 
  IX 
  (Ds). 
  Two-brooded, 
  the 
  first 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June; 
  the 
  

   second, 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  is 
  the 
  form 
  "genicula" 
  Grt., 
  which 
  

   sometimes 
  strongly 
  resembles 
  the 
  Californian 
  "siculifer" 
  Pack. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  feeds 
  in 
  a 
  tent, 
  solitary, 
  on 
  birch 
  and 
  alder. 
  

  

  FALCARIA 
  Haw. 
  

  

  F. 
  bilineata 
  Pack. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VII, 
  VIII 
  (Ds); 
  the 
  

   larva 
  on 
  birch; 
  not 
  common. 
  

  

  Super-family 
  GEOMETROIDEA. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  small 
  or 
  medium 
  sized 
  moths, 
  with 
  slender 
  bodies, 
  small 
  

   heads 
  and 
  very 
  broad 
  wings, 
  which 
  are 
  also, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  frail 
  and 
  thin. 
  

   The 
  hind 
  wings 
  quite 
  usually 
  have 
  ornamentation 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  

  

  