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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERvSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

   Sub-family 
  AnERASTin^. 
  

  

  P. 
  approxlmella 
  Wlk. 
  

   d. 
  (Kf). 
  

  

  PEORIA 
  Rag. 
  

  

  (haematica 
  Zell.) 
  Newark 
  IV 
  and 
  VI 
  (Wdt) 
  ; 
  g. 
  

  

  Family 
  PTEROPHORID^. 
  

  

  This 
  family 
  contains 
  the 
  species 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  "plume 
  moths," 
  

   because 
  the 
  wings 
  are 
  split 
  up 
  into 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  five 
  plumes 
  or 
  feathers, 
  

   which 
  make 
  the 
  species 
  recognizable 
  at 
  a 
  glance. 
  The 
  moths 
  are 
  all 
  small 
  

   in 
  size, 
  usually 
  with 
  disproportionately 
  long 
  legs 
  and 
  altogether 
  frail 
  in 
  

   structure. 
  The 
  caterpillars 
  are 
  hairy 
  and 
  at 
  first 
  sight 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   resemble 
  miniature 
  Arctiids, 
  but 
  they 
  spin 
  up 
  leaves 
  or 
  make 
  tubes 
  and 
  

   differ 
  in 
  other 
  essential 
  characters 
  of 
  structure. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  are 
  not 
  usually 
  common 
  and 
  are 
  best 
  or 
  only 
  obtainable 
  by 
  

   breeding. 
  They 
  are 
  therefore 
  not 
  well 
  represented 
  in 
  collections 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  

  

  TRICHOPTILUS 
  WIsm. 
  

  

  T. 
  lobidactylus 
  Fitch. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VII, 
  in 
  fields, 
  not 
  rare 
  (Kf); 
  larva 
  on 
  

  

  golden 
  rod, 
  "Solidago 
  canadensis." 
  

   T. 
  ochrodactylus 
  Fish. 
  Wenonah 
  V, 
  30 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VII, 
  4 
  

  

  (Haim). 
  

  

  OXYPTILUS 
  Zell. 
  

  

  O. 
  perisceiidactylus 
  Fitch. 
  The 
  "Grape 
  

  

  Plume" 
  moth; 
  common 
  throughout 
  

  

  the 
  State, 
  the 
  larva 
  webbing 
  up 
  the 
  

  

  tips 
  of 
  the 
  vines 
  in 
  early 
  spring. 
  

  

  They 
  do 
  no 
  real 
  injury 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  

  

  because 
  as 
  a 
  rule 
  they 
  spin 
  up 
  the 
  

  

  tip 
  beyond 
  the 
  blossom 
  cluster. 
  

   O. 
  delawaricus 
  Zell. 
  Mass. 
  to 
  California. 
  

  

  and 
  sure 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

   O. 
  tenuidactylus 
  Fitch. 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  VII, 
  4 
  

  

  (Dke); 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VI, 
  20-VII, 
  7, 
  not 
  

  

  rare 
  in 
  open 
  woods 
  and 
  at 
  light 
  

  

  "(Kf); 
  5-mile 
  beach 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Haim). 
  

  

  PLATYPTILIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  P. 
  acanthodactyla 
  Hbn. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  V- 
  

   VII 
  and 
  IX, 
  common 
  (Kf). 
  

  

  P. 
  marginidactyla 
  Fitch. 
  Essex 
  Co., 
  VI, 
  Fig- 
  .^^s.-The 
  grape 
  plume, 
  Oxy 
  

  

  TTTT 
  T. 
  J 
  ^ 
  .T^^v 
  „ 
  , 
  , 
  . 
  ptilus 
  perisceiidactylus: 
  o, 
  larva 
  

  

  VII, 
  abundant 
  (Kf); 
  food 
  plant 
  yar- 
  ;„ 
  ^eb; 
  b. 
  pupa; 
  c. 
  its 
  "breast- 
  

  

  row, 
  "Achillea 
  millefolium" 
  (Bt). 
  bone," 
  enlarged; 
  d, 
  moth; 
  e, 
  

  

  segment 
  of 
  larva, 
  enlarged. 
  

  

  