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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



N. ovilla Grt. Ft. Lee, V and VI, the larva on oak (Bt), Orange Mts., VI 



( Wdt). Hemlock falls, V, 15, Jersey City Hts., V, 8 (Sb), Newark, New 



Brunswick, Jamesburg, IV. 

 N. trinotata Wlk. Greenwood Lake, V (Bt), Westville, IV, 27 (Kp), Orange 



Mts., common on hemlock, VII and VIII (Wdt), Newark (Sb), New 



Brunswick ; larva on Witch hazel. 

 N. clethrae Dyar. Larva feeds on Clethra alnifolia, and is quite certain to be 



found with us. 



C. albata Pack. 



CLEMENSIA Pack. 

 Newark, rare ; flies in June. 



Family AGARISTIDiE. 



Medium sized moths with bright contrasting colors, the antennae slender, of 

 equal thickness or somewbat enlarged toward the tip. The caterpillars are 

 curiously banded with red, brown and gray. 



ALYPIA Hbn. 



A. octomaculata Fabr. Common in 

 cities and large towns in June and 

 July : the larva feeds on grape and 

 is sometimes destructive on garden 

 vines ; but rarely occurs in the open 

 country, where it also feeds on Vir- 

 ginia creeper. Arsenites are indi- 

 cated to keep it in check. 



PSYCHOMORPHA Harr. 



P. epimenis Dru. Hopatcong (Bt), 

 Newark (Soc), Staten Island, IV 

 (Ds), Irvington, the larva in June 

 webbing up leaves of grape, but 

 not really injurious : moths about the middle of April. 



Fig. 189. — Alypia 8-maculata ; a, larva ; 

 b, an enlarged segment ; c, adult. 



ETJDRYAS Bdv. 



E. unio Hbn. Throughout the State, but local; Hopatcong (Bt), Newark 

 (Soc), VI (Sb), Caldwell (Cr), Staten Island, VI (Ds): larva on evening 

 Primrose and Epilobium cotoratum. Moths again in August. 



E. grata Fabr. Hopatcong (Bt), Del. Water Gap, VII, 9 (Jn), Caldwell (Cr), 

 Staten Island, VI, VII (Ds), Newark, V (Wdt), generally distributed but 

 local ; the larva on grape and Virginia creeper. 



