﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  511 
  

  

  Family 
  LIMACODID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  moderate 
  sized 
  or 
  small 
  moths, 
  termed 
  "Cochlidiidse" 
  in 
  the 
  

   last 
  edition, 
  with 
  plump 
  or 
  shaggy 
  bodies, 
  retracted 
  head, 
  weak 
  tongue 
  

   and 
  often 
  pectinated 
  antennae. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  short 
  and 
  broad, 
  often 
  very 
  

   thickly 
  scaled, 
  the 
  colors 
  usually 
  brown, 
  often 
  with 
  green 
  markings. 
  

  

  The 
  larvge 
  are 
  even 
  more 
  easily 
  recognized 
  than 
  the 
  adults 
  by 
  their 
  

   slug-like 
  character. 
  The 
  feet 
  are 
  in 
  large 
  part 
  obsolete, 
  while 
  the 
  belly 
  

   is 
  flattened, 
  soft 
  and 
  fleshy, 
  the 
  larva 
  using 
  the 
  entire 
  under 
  surface 
  in 
  

   walking. 
  Another 
  peculiarity 
  is 
  the 
  poisonous 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   spinous 
  clothing, 
  the 
  tips 
  being 
  very 
  finely 
  pointed, 
  easily 
  broken 
  off 
  and 
  

   extremely 
  irritating 
  when 
  imbedded 
  in 
  the 
  flesh. 
  This 
  "nettling" 
  is 
  some- 
  

   times 
  very 
  serious 
  and 
  may 
  cause 
  swellings, 
  inflammation 
  and 
  even 
  high 
  

   fever. 
  Local 
  application 
  of 
  soda 
  or 
  zinc 
  washes 
  or 
  dilute 
  mixtures 
  of 
  

   phenol 
  and 
  soda 
  usually 
  afford 
  relief. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Dyar 
  says, 
  concerning 
  these 
  larv£e. 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  feeders 
  

   on 
  any 
  smooth-leafed 
  tree, 
  and 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  assumed 
  unless 
  special 
  food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  mentioned. 
  None 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  really 
  injurious 
  to 
  cultivated 
  

   plants, 
  although 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  such 
  are 
  fed 
  upon. 
  

  

  SIBINE 
  H. 
  S. 
  

  

  stimulea 
  Clem. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  

   State, 
  June 
  and 
  July, 
  locally 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  

   "saddle-back" 
  caterpillar 
  and 
  oc- 
  

   curs 
  in 
  late 
  summer 
  on 
  pear, 
  

   cherry 
  and 
  apple, 
  sometimes 
  par- 
  

   tially 
  defoliating 
  young 
  trees. 
  It 
  

   also 
  feeds 
  on 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  

   other 
  trees 
  and 
  plants 
  and 
  suc- 
  

   cumbs 
  readily 
  to 
  arsenical 
  sprays. 
  

  

  EUCLEA 
  HLn. 
  

  

  delphinii 
  Bdv. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  State, 
  VI 
  and 
  VII. 
  The 
  larva 
  

   in 
  late 
  summer 
  on 
  pear, 
  cherry, 
  

   oak, 
  chestnut, 
  blackberry, 
  wax 
  

   myrtle 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  other 
  

   trees 
  and 
  shrubs. 
  Five 
  varieties 
  

   based 
  on 
  color 
  differences 
  have 
  

   been 
  recognized, 
  and 
  all 
  occur 
  

   within 
  our 
  boundaries; 
  they 
  are 
  

   "querceti" 
  H. 
  S., 
  "interjecta" 
  

   Dyar, 
  "viridiclava" 
  Wlk., 
  "elliotii" 
  

   Pears, 
  and 
  "p^nulata" 
  Clem. 
  

  

  ig. 
  214. 
  — 
  The 
  saddleback 
  caterpi! 
  

  

  Fig. 
  215. 
  — 
  Sibine 
  stimulea: 
  parent 
  of 
  

   the 
  saddleback 
  caterpillar. 
  

  

  