CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 389 



Sub-family SMKKINTHIN i . 



In this sub-family the tongue is short or entirely absent, the head small, 

 abdomen more plump, the wings angulated, dentate or scalloped. 



TRIPTOG-ON Brem. 



T. modesta Harr. Quite generally distributed ; but rare. Newark, VI, 27 

 (.Sb), Rutherford (Bt), Little Falls (Ds). Larva on poplar and willow. 



SMERINTHTJS Latr. 



S. geminatus Say. Hopatcong (Pm), Caldwell (Cr), Newark, V, VI, VII 

 (Br), VIII, 13 (Sb), Staten Island, VI, VII and VIII (Dsi.g. d. Mr. 

 Brehme finds eggs V and VI, and larvae until August on willow and 

 poplar : other food plants are elm, apple, cherry, plum and ash. 



PAONIAS Hbn. 



P. excsecatus Sm. & Abb. Occurs throughout the State, quite commonly, 

 June to September. Mr. Brehme finds eggs VII and VIII, larva:, which 

 grow very slowly, until October. Food plants include the Rosacea^ 

 generally and a large number of shade and forest trees. 



P. myops Sm. and Abb. Apparently local, and my records are only from 

 Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, VII, 4, 11, and Caldwell (Cr). Larvae may 

 be found until November (Br), on wild and cultivated cherry. 



P. astylus Dru. Rare and recorded from few localities Hopatcong (Pm), 

 Newark, V, 22, VI, 23, VII, 3 (Sb), Fort Lee (Dyar). Mr. Brehme 

 finds eggs, VI, VII and VIII ; larva; from July first until frost, rarely but 

 not locally, on huckleberry and dangleberry. 



CRESSONIA Grt. and Rob. 



C. juglandis Sm. and Abb. G. d. and sometimes rather common : Newark, 

 V (Br), VI. 2 (Sb), Staten Island, VI (Ds), Caldwell (Cr), Fort Lee, 

 Hopatcong (Bt). Mr. Brehme finds eggs V to VIII, larva until October, 

 on hickory and walnut : other recorded food plants are ironwood and 

 wild cherry. The larva is known as the "squeaking sphinx " ( Dyar . 



Series SATURNIIDES. 



These are all large moths, and among them our American silk spinners. Dr. 

 Dyar finds in these larva; that tubercles IV and V are united, all the seta- borne 

 on prolonged tubercles subject to various modifications. Usually an unpaired 

 dorsal tubercle on the eighth or ninth abdominal segment. 



