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'S. latipennis Stretch. Staten Island, V and VI (Ds). In swampy meadows, 

 the larva on Jack-in-the-pulpit, touch-me-not, Plantago. other low plants 

 and wild cherry (Bt), not rare locally (Wdt). 



EUPREPIA Ochs. = ARCTIA Schrank. 



E. virgo Linn. Hopatcong (Bt, Pm), Caldwell (Cr). Larva on plantain, 



lettuce and other low plants. 

 E. virguncula Kirby. Newark (Soc), very rare, near N. Y. (Bt), Hopatcong 



(Pm), and probably general though rare in north Jersey. 

 E. michabo Grt. New Brunswick, July, at light. 



E. parthenice Kirby. = saundersii Grt. Hopatcong (Bt), Newark (Soc). 

 E. anna Grt. Greenwood Lake (Dyar), Woodbury, VII, 18 (Kp). 



var. persephone Grt. Rare near N. Y. (Bt), Newark, rare (Wdt). 

 This is the more usual form with partly yellow hind wings. 

 E. arge Dru. Throughout the State, but more common northward. Caldwell 



(Cr), Weehawken, VI-VIII (Bt), Staten Island, VII and VIII (Ds), 



Newark, V, 21 (Sb), New Brunswick, V, 8, etc. The larva on Plantago, 



Chenopodium, Polygonum and other low plants. 

 E. phyllira Dru. Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Soc), Woodbury, VI, 8 (Kp). 



var. figurata Dru. Rare near Newark. The larva is a general feeder 

 on low plants. 

 E. nais Dru. Common throughout the State, V, VI, VIII, IX : the larva on 



low plants. 

 E. phalerata Harris. Occurs with the preceding. 

 E. vittata Fabr. Occurs with the two preceding, these three being quite 



usually confused in collections. 



Family NOLIDiE. 



Small, rather slight, broad-winged moths, in general resembling the Litho- 

 siidfe, but with ashen gray colors and streaky zig-zag black markings. The 

 larvae also resemble the preceding, but the anterior pair of abdominal feet is 

 aborted. 



ARGYROPHYES Grt. 



A. pustulata Wlk. = nigrofasciata Zell. New Brunswick at light, rare, in 



June. 

 • A. cilicoides Grt. "Atlantic States" (Dyar). [ have seen a New Jersey 

 specimen of this species ; but have no record. 



NOLA Leach. 



N. melanopa Zell. Newark, New Brunswick. 

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