﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  577 
  

  

  PRODOXUS 
  Riley. 
  

  

  P. 
  intermedius 
  Riley. 
  New 
  Brunswick 
  (Coll); 
  Weymouth 
  VI, 
  1-8 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  

   the 
  larvas 
  bore 
  in 
  stalks 
  of 
  Yucca 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  

  

  PRONUBA 
  Riley. 
  

  

  P. 
  yuccaseiia 
  Riley. 
  Occurs 
  wherever 
  Yucca 
  is 
  grown 
  and 
  seeds, 
  the 
  

   flowers 
  depending 
  upon 
  this 
  moth 
  for 
  pollination; 
  larvee 
  develop 
  in 
  

   the 
  seed 
  capsules, 
  pupate 
  in 
  cocoon 
  on 
  ground, 
  adults 
  emerge 
  when 
  

   flowers 
  open. 
  

  

  ACROLOPHUS 
  Poey. 
  

  

  A. 
  plumifrontellus 
  Clem. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  locally 
  not 
  rare 
  VI, 
  VII. 
  

  

  ANAPHORA 
  Clem. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  large, 
  robust 
  species 
  with 
  very 
  long 
  curved 
  palpi, 
  the 
  body 
  

   covered 
  with 
  rough, 
  coarse 
  scales. 
  They 
  are 
  sombre 
  brown 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  

   altogether 
  unlike 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  forms 
  with 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  asso- 
  

   ciated. 
  

  

  A. 
  popeanella 
  Clem. 
  Essex 
  Co. 
  VI, 
  VII, 
  very 
  abundant 
  at 
  light. 
  

   A. 
  tenuis 
  Wlsm. 
  Anglesea 
  VI, 
  23 
  (Kf) 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  form 
  listed 
  

   as 
  "propinqua" 
  in 
  last 
  edition. 
  

  

  PSEUDANAPHORA 
  Wlsm. 
  

  

  P. 
  arcanella 
  Clem. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  VII, 
  usually 
  common. 
  

  

  P. 
  mora 
  Grt. 
  Newark 
  X, 
  8 
  (Bwl) 
  ; 
  Riverton 
  XI, 
  Wenonah 
  X 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  not 
  

  

  uncommon 
  X, 
  g. 
  d.; 
  the 
  flight 
  is 
  at 
  4 
  o'clock 
  P. 
  M., 
  and 
  one 
  female 
  in 
  

  

  a 
  cage 
  will 
  attract 
  hundreds 
  of 
  males. 
  

  

  MICROPTERYGOIDEA. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  series 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  remnant 
  of 
  ancient 
  conditions, 
  the 
  two 
  pairs 
  

   of 
  wings 
  being 
  held 
  together 
  by 
  a 
  "Jugum," 
  or 
  fold 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   fore-wings, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  "Trichoptera," 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  "Lepidoptera" 
  are 
  de- 
  

   rived. 
  The 
  two 
  pairs 
  of 
  wings 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  venation, 
  and 
  are 
  

   fastened 
  to 
  a 
  loose-jointed 
  body. 
  

  

  The 
  "Hepialidse" 
  are 
  large 
  or 
  very 
  large, 
  known 
  as 
  "ghost-moths," 
  from 
  

   their 
  peculiar 
  hovering, 
  silent 
  flight, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  collections. 
  

   The 
  larvae 
  are 
  borers, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  require 
  several 
  years 
  to 
  come 
  

   to 
  maturity. 
  

  

  The 
  "Micropterygidse" 
  are 
  small 
  or 
  very 
  small 
  species. 
  The 
  typical 
  

   genus 
  "Micropteryx," 
  whose 
  larvse 
  live 
  on 
  wet 
  moss, 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  with 
  

   us, 
  its 
  representative 
  oeing 
  "Epimartyria" 
  Wlsm. 
  In 
  "Eriocrania" 
  Zell. 
  

   the 
  larvee 
  in 
  Europe 
  are 
  leaf-miners. 
  So 
  far 
  no 
  North 
  American 
  species 
  

   have 
  been 
  bred, 
  but 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  blotch 
  mines 
  and 
  larvse 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  Essex 
  County 
  and 
  Anglesea 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  on 
  

   various 
  species 
  of 
  oak, 
  chestnut 
  and 
  birch. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  full 
  grown 
  in 
  

  

  Z1 
  ^^ 
  

  

  