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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  MELANOLOPHIA 
  Hulst. 
  

  

  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  III-VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  tamarack. 
  

  

  M. 
  canadaria 
  Gn 
  

  

  spruce, 
  pine, 
  hemlock, 
  "Myrica," 
  etc. 
  

  

  /ETHALOPTERA 
  Hulst. 
  

   >E. 
  intertexta 
  Walk. 
  Paterson 
  VII, 
  21 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Bloomfield 
  V, 
  VII 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  

   Staten 
  Island 
  VII 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Newark. 
  

  

  G. 
  cognataria 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  GLENA 
  Hulst. 
  

  

  Sandy 
  Hook, 
  VII 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  ECTROPIS 
  Hbn. 
  

   E- 
  crepuscularia 
  D. 
  & 
  S. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  IV 
  to 
  IX, 
  common; 
  

   larva 
  on 
  apple, 
  pear, 
  plum, 
  elm, 
  maple, 
  clover, 
  etc. 
  

  

  EPIMECIS 
  Hbn. 
  

   E. 
  virginaria 
  Cram, 
  (hortaria 
  Fab.) 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm); 
  Chester 
  VII, 
  5 
  

   (Dn); 
  Elizabeth 
  VIII, 
  4, 
  (Kp); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  V 
  to 
  VIII 
  (Ds); 
  Newark 
  

   (Ang) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  tulip 
  tree. 
  

  

  LYCIA 
  Hbn. 
  

   L. 
  ursaria 
  Walk. 
  Hopatcong, 
  Plainfield 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  III, 
  IV 
  (Wdt, 
  Bz) 
  ; 
  

  

  larva 
  on 
  poplar, 
  elm, 
  wild 
  cherry, 
  etc. 
  

   L. 
  cognataria 
  Gn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  V 
  to 
  VIII; 
  larva 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  orchard, 
  and 
  small 
  fruits 
  and 
  forest 
  trees. 
  

  

  NACOPHORA 
  Hulst. 
  

   N. 
  quernaria 
  S. 
  & 
  A. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  V, 
  24 
  (Gr); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  VII 
  

  

  (Ds); 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Lt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  IV, 
  4 
  (Ang); 
  Elizabeth 
  VI 
  

  

  (Bz) 
  ; 
  larva 
  on 
  oak, 
  and 
  "Crataegus 
  australis." 
  

   N. 
  cupidaria 
  Grt. 
  New 
  York, 
  rare 
  (Bt). 
  

   N. 
  phlgaliaria 
  Gn. 
  Should 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  PALEACRITA 
  Riley, 
  

   vernata 
  Peck. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  the 
  spring 
  canker-worm, 
  an 
  injurious 
  

   species 
  locally 
  throughout 
  the 
  State. 
  Moths 
  in 
  April 
  or 
  May. 
  Larvae 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2 
  

  

  Fig. 
  212. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  211. 
  — 
  Spring 
  canker 
  wormn, 
  Paleacritg 
  vernata: 
  a, 
  male 
  moth; 
  b, 
  wingless 
  female; 
  

   e, 
  d, 
  e, 
  details 
  of 
  structure, 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  212. 
  — 
  Spring 
  canker 
  worn: 
  a, 
  larva; 
  h, 
  egg. 
  yery 
  much 
  enlarged; 
  c, 
  d, 
  body 
  seg- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  larva. 
  

  

  