406 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



A. sperata Grt. Has been taken by the Newark collectors and should be 



found generally distributed in May and June. The larva feeds on poplar 



and alder. 

 A. noctivaga Grt. Caldwell (Cr), Orange Mts , V (Wdt), Newark (Soc), 



Staten Island, V (Ds). The larva feeds on poplar and various low 



plants. 

 A. impressa Wlk. = brumosa Grt. nee. Gn. Quite generally distributed 



and not rare. Chester (Dn), Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, V, 23 (Sb), 



Jersey City, at sugar, VI (Kr), Staten Island, (Ds). The larva is quite 



a general feeder on orchard and small fruits (except peach) and also on 



a variety of forest trees ( Dyar and Bt). 

 A. distans Grt. Generally distributed and confounded in collections with 



impressa. Tho larva feeds on poplar, willow, birch and alder. 

 A. xyliniformis Gn. Blootnfield, VI, VII (Wdt). Elizabeth, VIII, 6 (Kp), 



"N. J." (L/t) The larva feeds on birch and blackberry. 

 A. oblinita Sm. and Abb Common throughout the State, VI to VIII. The 



larva is a general feeder on orchard and small fruits and also on a variety 



of forest trees and other plants. 



It is altogether probable that, in addition to what is listed above, albatufa 

 and perhaps two or three others will also be found in New Jersey. 



ARSILONCHE Led. 



A. albovenosa Gceze. Rather common along the coast from Anglesea to 

 New York, IV-IX. and more rarely taken throughout the State. The 

 larva feeds on grasses smartweed and willow. 



HARRISIMEMNA Grt. 



H. trisignata Wlk. Generally distributed but rare : Hopatcong (Pm). Cald- 

 well (Cr), Newark (Soc), Staten Island, VI (Ds). A striking species in 

 all stages. The larva feeds on lilac, winterberry and huckleberry (Dyar) . 



CERMA Hbn. 

 C. cora Hbn. Atco, rare (I*t). 



POLYGRAMMATA Hbn. 



P. hebraicum Hbn. Woodbury, VI, 18, VII, 20 (Kp), Newark (Ang), near 

 New York (Bt), Del. Water Gap, VII, 12. 



MICROCCELIA Gn. 



M. diphtheroides Gn. Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, VI, VII (Soc), Staten 

 Island, VI (Ds), Caldwell (Cr), New Brunswick, and probably through- 

 out the State. 



The variety obliterata Grt., occurs with the type and is usually the more 

 common. 



