﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  

  

  515 
  

  

  Family 
  THYRID^. 
  

   Small 
  but 
  stoutly 
  built 
  species 
  with 
  small, 
  short, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  angu- 
  

   lated 
  wiags, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  or 
  brown 
  in 
  color, 
  with 
  white 
  or 
  yellow 
  

   semi-transparent 
  spots. 
  The 
  antennae 
  are 
  thread-like 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  thick- 
  

   ened 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  the 
  moths 
  fly 
  about 
  bare 
  or 
  sandy 
  places 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring. 
  Little 
  is 
  known 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  and 
  none 
  are 
  injurious. 
  

  

  THYRIS 
  III. 
  

   T. 
  maculata 
  Harr. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  locally 
  common, 
  V-VIII. 
  

   T. 
  lugubris 
  Bdv. 
  Also 
  g. 
  d., 
  IV-VII, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  as 
  abundant 
  as 
  the 
  

   preceding; 
  in 
  fact, 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  usual 
  in 
  collections. 
  

  

  DYSODIA 
  Clem. 
  (PLATYTHYRIS 
  G. 
  & 
  R.) 
  

  

  D. 
  oculatana 
  Clem. 
  Delaware 
  Water 
  Gap 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  Plainfield 
  VII, 
  5 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  

   always 
  rare. 
  

  

  Family 
  COSSID^. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  large 
  species 
  somewhat 
  resembling 
  "hawk 
  moths" 
  in 
  outline, 
  

   but 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  head, 
  weak, 
  short 
  palpi, 
  and 
  an 
  obsolete 
  tongue. 
  

   The 
  antennie 
  are 
  also 
  short 
  and 
  weak 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sects, 
  though 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  pectinated 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   distance. 
  The 
  legs 
  are 
  comparatively 
  short 
  and 
  weak, 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  seem 
  robust 
  enough, 
  they 
  yet 
  give 
  the 
  idea 
  of 
  helplessness 
  and 
  

   weakness, 
  which 
  is 
  borne 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  feeble 
  flight 
  of 
  the 
  female. 
  

  

  The 
  larvae 
  are 
  borers, 
  usually 
  in 
  heartwood, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  do 
  serious 
  

   injury 
  to 
  forest 
  or 
  shade 
  trees. 
  

  

  ZEUZERA 
  Latr. 
  

  

  -The 
  wood 
  leopard 
  moth, 
  Zeuzera 
  pyrina: 
  a. 
  b. 
  larva 
  from 
  above 
  and 
  side; 
  

   c, 
  male; 
  d, 
  female 
  moth; 
  e, 
  gallery 
  made 
  by 
  larva. 
  

  

  