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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  MEGALOPYGE 
  Hbn. 
  

   M. 
  crispata 
  Pack. 
  Local 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  VI-VIII. 
  Larva 
  on 
  most 
  

   orchard 
  and 
  small 
  fruits 
  and 
  on 
  many 
  other 
  trees 
  and 
  shrubs, 
  but 
  

   never 
  abundant 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  harmful. 
  

  

  Family 
  PYROMORPHID^. 
  

  

  Small, 
  black 
  or 
  smoky-winged 
  moths, 
  

   nearly 
  always 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  collar. 
  The 
  

   species 
  are 
  slight, 
  rather 
  frail 
  in 
  ap- 
  

   pearance, 
  with 
  two 
  inner 
  veins 
  on 
  

   primaries 
  and 
  three 
  on 
  secondaries. 
  

   The 
  antennae 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  pec- 
  

   tinated. 
  

  

  ACOLOITHUS 
  Clem. 
  

   A. 
  falsarius 
  Clem. 
  Morris 
  Plains 
  

  

  (Dyar); 
  Woodbridge 
  VL 
  17, 
  lona 
  

   V, 
  26, 
  Laurel 
  Springs 
  V, 
  23 
  (Dke); 
  

   Anglesea 
  V 
  (div). 
  Adult 
  on 
  

   flowers 
  of 
  beach-plum 
  and 
  wild 
  cherry 
  

   grape 
  and 
  Virginia 
  creeper. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2i6. 
  — 
  Harrisina 
  americana: 
  i 
  

  

  larva; 
  b, 
  pupa; 
  c, 
  cocoon; 
  d, 
  e, 
  

  

  moths, 
  wings 
  closed 
  and 
  open. 
  

  

  in 
  May 
  and 
  June; 
  larva 
  on 
  

  

  PYROMORPHA 
  H. 
  S. 
  

  

  P. 
  dimidiata 
  H. 
  S. 
  Plainfield 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI 
  (Ds); 
  New 
  

   Brunswick 
  (Coll) 
  ; 
  Woodbury 
  VI, 
  17, 
  Wenonah 
  VI, 
  lona 
  V, 
  24, 
  DaCosta 
  

   VI, 
  Manumuskin 
  VI 
  (Dke); 
  Lahaway 
  VI 
  (Sm); 
  never 
  common. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  dead 
  oak 
  leaves. 
  

  

  HARRISINA 
  Pack. 
  

  

  H. 
  americana 
  Harr. 
  Locally 
  

   common 
  everywhere 
  V- 
  

   VIII, 
  and 
  sometimes, 
  as 
  

   in 
  the 
  Egg 
  Harbor 
  dis- 
  

   trict, 
  injurious 
  to 
  certain 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  grape. 
  The 
  

   yellow, 
  black-dotted 
  lar- 
  

   vae 
  feed 
  in 
  company 
  

   throughout 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  

   life, 
  and 
  are 
  easily 
  de- 
  

   stroyed 
  by 
  hand-picking 
  

   or 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  arsenate 
  of 
  

   lead. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  217. 
  — 
  Grape 
  leaf 
  with 
  larva 
  of 
  Harrisina 
  

   americana 
  feeding 
  in 
  characteristic 
  way. 
  

  

  