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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



PYRRHARCTIA Pack. 



P. isabella S. and A. Common 

 throughout the State and 

 double - brooded, April to 

 June and August. The larva 

 is a general feeder and often 

 in gardens ; it hibernates, 

 and is frequently conspicu- 

 ous by its banded black and 

 brown appearance. 



PHRAGMATOBIA Steph. 



P. fulginosa Linn. = rubricosa 

 Harr. Caldwell (Cr), Jersey 

 City, VI, at light (Kr), New- 

 ark, VII (Bwl), Anglesea 

 (Lt), Lake Hopatcong (Pin). 

 The larva feeds on golden 

 rod, skunk - cabbage, iron 

 weed and other plants. 



Kig. 187. — Pyrrharctia isabella : a, larva ; b, pupa 

 in cocoon ; c, female moth. 



SPILOSOMA Steph. 



Fig 188 — Spilosoma 7/irginica; a, larva ; b, pupa ; c, adult. 



S. virginica Fabr. Common throughout the State and two-brooded. The 

 larva is a general feeder, aud is the common white or reddish woolly 

 caterpillar so often seen in gardens, feeding on all kinds of vegetables. 

 Adults occur from May throughout the summer. 



S. antigone Strck. Fort Lee (Bt), Newark, VI, 24 (Sb), Staten Island (Ds), 

 Lake Hopatcong (Pm). The larva is a general feeder (Dyar), and often 

 bores into the stems of large mushrooms (Bt). 



