CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 

 EUTOLYPE Grt. 

 E. rolandi Grt. Occurs from Massachusetts to Texas ; always rare. 



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MAMESTRA Ochs. 



M. nimbosa Gn. Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Soc). 



M. imbrifera Gn. Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Soc). 



M. purpurissata Grt. Not common near New York (Bt). 



M. meditata Grt. Throughout the State, VIII and IX, commonly. 



M. lustralis Grt. Have no actual records, but the species should certainly 

 occur in the State. 



M. detracta Wlk. Newark in June (Sb). 



M. distincta Hbn. Caldwell (Cr), Newark (Ang), in April (Sb) ; larva on 

 grape, etc. (Bt). 



M. atlantica Grt. "New Jersey," without definite locality. 



M. subjuncta G. and R. Staten Island, VI, VII, VIII (Ds), Jersey City, V 

 (Kr)', Newark, V, VIII (Sb, Wdt), Elizabeth, VIII, 19 (Kp), Chester 

 (Dn) : larva on cabbage, &c, and sometimes injurious. 



M. grandis Bdv. Newark, VI, 20 (Wdt), VIII, 6 (Kp), and probably g. d. : 

 larva on burdock and other low plants. 



M. trifolii Rott. Throughout the 

 State, V to X, common ; 

 larva on cabbage, clover, 

 Chenopodium, etc. ; some- 

 times injurious. 



M. rosea Harv. Newark, VIII, at 

 light (Wdt). 



M. congermana Morr. Newark, 

 at light, rare (Wdt). 



M. picta Han. Throughout the 

 State. VI and VIII : the larva 

 is brightly marked with yel- 

 low, barred by black, and 

 streaked, sometimes trouble- 

 some on cabbage, but feeds 

 also on many other plants. 

 Early spraying with the 

 arsenites is indicated in this 

 case. 



M. cristifera Wlk. = lubens Grt. 

 Newark, VI, larva on huckle- 

 berry, sumach and birch (Sb), 

 Lake Hopatcong (Pra). 



M. latex Gn. Staten Island, VI and VII (Ds), Orange Mts , VI i Wdt) ; a 

 dirty brown larva on low plants (Dyar). 



Fig 193.— Mamestra trifolii : a, larva from above ; 

 b, same on cabbage leaf; c, pupa 

 adult ; e, wing of moth enlarged. 



