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S. drupiferarum Sm. and Abb. Lake Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, V and VI 

 (Soc), VII and VIII, larva on wild cherry, VIII, 9, adult, VI, 9 (Sb), 

 Caldwell (Cr), Staten Island, VI (Ds), g. d. Mr. Brehme records eggs 



V and VI, larvse until August on wild cherry. Other food plants are 

 apple, plum and lilac, the caterpillar being sometimes abundant enough 

 to be noticed on plum. 



S. gordius Cram. G. d., sometimes not rare: Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, V 

 and VI (Soc), Caldwell (Cr). Mr. Brehme reports eggs V to VII, and 

 larvae until frost on huckleberry, bayberry and birch, near Waverly. 

 Other recorded food plants are ash, apple, privet, &c. 



S. luscitosa Clem. Local and not common : Mr. Brehme finds eggs on wil- 

 low, near Newark, V, 16 to VII, 1 ; adults, V, 27, VI, J, 4, 20 (Sb). 



S. chersis Hbn. G. d. ; but somewhat local and nowhere common, VI, VII ; 

 Newark (Soc), Staten Island (Ds), Hudson Co. (Kr) : larva on lilac and 

 ash. 



S. eremitus Hbn. G. d. and occasionally quite plentiful : the larva in August 

 on pepper and mountain mint near Newark (Br), also on wild bergamot 

 and Salvia. 



S. plebeius Fabr. Newark, VI, 10 (Sb), Caldwell (Cr), Hoboken VIII 

 (Kr), Staten Island, VI and VII (Ds), g. d. The larva feeds on the 

 trumpet vine ( Tecoma radicals) , Bignonia and Passiflora. 



DOLBA Walk. 



D. hylseus Dru. G. d. ; but local. Newark, VI (Soc), Caldwell (Cr). Eggs 



VI and VII ; larvae feed very fast and become full grown in twenty days 

 on black alder, Ilex verticillata (Br) : other food plants are Prinos and 

 sweet fern. 



CHLJENOGRAMMA Smith. 



C. jasminearum Bdv. Lake Hopatcong (Pm), Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Soc); 

 always rare and local : the larva on ash and lilac. 



CERATOMIA Harr. 



C. amyntor Hbn. Throughout the State VI and VII. Mr. Brehme reports 

 eggs VI and VII, larvse until October, on elm, linden and birch. The 

 caterpillars are easily recognizable by having four little thoracic processes 

 in addition to the usual anal horn. 



C. undulosa Wlk. G. d., and usually not rare: Caldwell (Cr), Newark, V 

 and VI (Br), VIII, 18, 20 (Sb), Staten Island, VI and VII (Ds), Lake 

 Hopatcong (Pm), pupae common at Gloucester (Lt). Mr. Brehme 

 records eggs VI and VII, larvae until August, common all over Essex, 

 Hudson and Union Counties : food plants are lilac, privet, ash and Locust. 



BLLEMA Clem. 



E. harrisii Clem. Rare, but g. d. The larva on Pine. 



E. coniferamm Sm. and Abb. Equally rare and also a pine feeder : Newark 



(Soc). 



