396 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



slender abdomen. The venation of the hind wings affords the best structural 

 characters for recognizing the members of this family, none of which are at all 

 injurious. 



LYCOMORPHA Harr. 



L. pholus Dru. Hopatcong (Pm), Staten Island, IX (Ds), the larva on 

 lichens (Bt), growing on stone fences (Dyar) ; common locally on golden 

 rod in September. 



SCEPSIS Wlk. 



S. fulvicollis Hbn. Camden Co., IX (U), Staten Island, VI, VIII and IX 

 (Ds), Orange Mts., VIII, IX (Wdt), Newark, VII (Bwl), quite generally 

 distributed, rather common in swampy meadows, VI to IX (Bt), larva on 

 grass. 



CTENUCHA Kirby. 



C. virginica Charp. Found on Spiraea and other flowers July to September ;. 

 more commonly in the northern portion of the State : larva on grass. 



Family LITHOSIIDiE. 



Small slender moths, with narrow primary and broad secondary or hind' 

 wings. The antennje and palpi are slender, and the mouth parts are functional. 

 They differ from the arctids in lacking ocelli or simple eyes. The larvae are 

 covered with tufts of short, stiff hair, feed mostly on lichens and are not 

 injurious. 



CRAMBIDIA Pack. 



C. pallida Pack. Rare near N. Y., VIII (Bt), Anglesea at light, IX, 3 (L,t), 

 VIII, 20 (Kp), New Brunswick, IX, 16, 18. 



HYPOPREPIA Hbn. 



H. miniata Kirby. Andover, VIII (Kr), Newark (Wdt), Hopatcong (Pm), 

 Anglesea, V, 28, and later until August. 



H. fucosa Hbn. Occurs throughout the State in July and August. Have 

 beaten it from pines, stirred it up in mossy meadows and taken it at 

 light. Larva on mosses and lichens growing on trees (Bt). This is the 

 smaller species, with the ground color partly yellow. 



CISTHENE Wlk. 



C. subjecta Wlk. Anglesea, VIII, 21 (Li), VII, 15 (Sm). The larva feed on 

 lichens (Bt). 



