﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  509 
  

  

  Family 
  BREPHID^. 
  

  

  This 
  peculiar 
  little 
  group 
  of 
  species 
  contains 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  representa- 
  

   tive- 
  in 
  our 
  State, 
  flying 
  so 
  early 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  often 
  taken 
  by 
  collectors. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  resemblance 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  frail 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  owlet 
  moths 
  and 
  

   yet 
  more 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  "Geometrid" 
  series. 
  The 
  black-banded, 
  reddish 
  

   secondaries 
  are 
  quite 
  characteristic 
  as 
  a 
  superficial 
  character, 
  the 
  venation 
  

   serving 
  to 
  distinguish 
  the 
  family 
  structurally. 
  

  

  BREPHOS 
  Ochs. 
  

  

  B. 
  infans 
  Moesch. 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  III, 
  IV 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  Family 
  EPIPLEMID^. 
  

  

  CALLEDAPTERYX 
  Grt. 
  

  

  C. 
  dryopterata 
  Grt. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  VI 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  VIII, 
  18 
  (Bwl) 
  ; 
  larva 
  

  

  on 
  "Viburnum 
  nudum." 
  

  

  Super-Family 
  TINEOIDEA. 
  

  

  Under 
  this 
  name 
  is 
  grouped 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  families 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  closely 
  

   related 
  in 
  appearance 
  and 
  structure, 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  one 
  superficial 
  character 
  

   that 
  makes 
  them 
  all 
  readily 
  recognizable. 
  Included 
  in 
  it 
  are 
  all 
  the 
  

   families 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  are 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  "series 
  Tineides," 
  and 
  

   all 
  that 
  in 
  more 
  popular 
  parlance 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  micro-lepidoptera. 
  The 
  

   essential 
  characters 
  are 
  largely 
  in 
  the 
  larval 
  structures 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  

   peculiarities 
  of 
  venation, 
  and, 
  generally 
  speaking, 
  all 
  caterpillars 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  false 
  or 
  pro-legs 
  have 
  a 
  complete 
  circle 
  of 
  spinules 
  or 
  crotches 
  belong 
  

   to 
  this 
  series. 
  So 
  in 
  the 
  adults, 
  when 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  internal 
  veins 
  in 
  the 
  

   primaries 
  exceeds 
  one 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  secondaries 
  exceeds 
  two, 
  the 
  species 
  be- 
  

   longs 
  here. 
  Other 
  details 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  under 
  the 
  appropriate 
  family 
  

   headings. 
  

  

  Family 
  LACOSOMID^. 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  resembles 
  the 
  following 
  "Psychidae" 
  in 
  general 
  structure, 
  

   but 
  has 
  the 
  wings 
  closely 
  scaled 
  and 
  fully 
  developed 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  The 
  

   larvas 
  live 
  similarly 
  in 
  bags 
  or 
  sacs, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  always 
  open 
  at 
  both 
  

   ends. 
  

  

  LACOSOMA 
  Grt. 
  

   L. 
  chiridota 
  Grt. 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Fulda), 
  on 
  oak 
  near 
  New 
  York 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  

   Lakehurst, 
  larva 
  only 
  on 
  oak 
  (div). 
  It 
  probably 
  occurs 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  State, 
  but 
  is 
  decidedly 
  rare. 
  

  

  CICINNUS 
  Blanch. 
  

   C. 
  melsheimeri 
  Harr. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  July, 
  always 
  

   rare 
  and 
  usually 
  beaten 
  from 
  oak 
  trees. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  oak 
  and 
  

   winterberry 
  (Bt). 
  

  

  