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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  the 
  fore-wings, 
  and 
  the 
  lines 
  are 
  often 
  continuous 
  on 
  both. 
  At 
  rest 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  keep 
  the 
  wings 
  extended 
  and 
  flat, 
  as 
  if 
  set 
  for 
  the 
  cabinet. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  "loopers," 
  "span-worms," 
  "inch-worms" 
  or 
  

   "measuring-worms," 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  peculiar 
  mode 
  of 
  progression. 
  The 
  

   abdominal 
  legs 
  are 
  in 
  whole 
  or 
  in 
  part 
  obsolete, 
  and 
  the 
  caterpillar 
  when 
  

   in 
  motion 
  first 
  extends 
  the 
  body 
  full 
  length, 
  then 
  humps 
  itself 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  and 
  brings 
  the 
  anal 
  segments 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  thoracic 
  feet. 
  When 
  the 
  

   body 
  is 
  again 
  extended 
  the 
  insect 
  has 
  progressed 
  nearly 
  its 
  own 
  length. 
  

   These 
  caterpillars 
  often 
  so 
  closely 
  resemble 
  the 
  twigs 
  among 
  which 
  they 
  

   move 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  seen 
  with 
  difficulty 
  only, 
  and 
  some 
  have 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  

   stretching 
  out 
  at 
  full 
  length 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  appear 
  like 
  a 
  little 
  spur 
  or 
  twig. 
  

   Some 
  species 
  are 
  injurious 
  to 
  cultivated 
  plants; 
  but 
  all 
  are 
  within 
  reach 
  

   of 
  the 
  arsenites. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  in 
  this 
  super-family 
  has 
  been 
  prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Gross- 
  

   beck, 
  who 
  has 
  made 
  a 
  special 
  study 
  of 
  it, 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  previous 
  work 
  

   and 
  collections 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Dr. 
  George 
  D. 
  Hulst, 
  whose 
  results 
  were 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  list. 
  Such 
  changes 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  necessary 
  by 
  

   recent 
  studies 
  are 
  indicated 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way. 
  

  

  Family 
  GEOMETRID^. 
  

   Sub-family 
  Hydriomenin^. 
  

  

  DYSPTERIS 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  D. 
  abortivaria 
  H. 
  S. 
  Paterson 
  VII, 
  24, 
  VIII, 
  3 
  (Gr); 
  Oaldwell 
  (Cr) 
  ; 
  

   Chester 
  VIII, 
  23 
  (Dn) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VIII 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Newark; 
  Staten 
  

   Island 
  V 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  grape. 
  

  

  NYCTOBIA 
  Hulst. 
  

  

  N. 
  limitaria 
  Wlk. 
  (fusifasciata 
  Walk.) 
  Paterson 
  III, 
  29-V, 
  30 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  

   Newark, 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  food 
  plant 
  

   "Amelanchier," 
  Juneberry. 
  

  

  N. 
  anguilineata 
  Grt. 
  Newfoundland 
  IV, 
  28; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  IV, 
  1, 
  Lake- 
  

   hurst 
  V, 
  4 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  N. 
  viridata 
  Pack. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Kp). 
  

  

  CLADORA 
  Hulst. 
  

   C. 
  atroliturata 
  Walk. 
  Forest 
  Hill, 
  Hemlock 
  Falls 
  IV 
  (Bz). 
  

  

  RACHELA 
  Hulst. 
  

  

  R. 
  bruceata 
  Hulst. 
  Plainfield 
  XI, 
  22 
  (Coll); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  XI, 
  XII 
  (Ds). 
  

   This 
  was 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  catalog 
  as 
  "Operophtera 
  boreata," 
  

   an 
  European 
  species. 
  

  

  