CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 417 



B. obliqua G. and R. Newark V and VI, common ; larva in cat tails, easily 

 taken during the winter when the stems are frozen in ice. 



ETJTHISANOTIA Hbn. 



E. timais Cram. A Southern species which is occasionally taken at the lights 

 along the shore cities as far north as New York. 



NONAGRIA Ochs. 



N. laeta Morr. "Hoboken," according to its describer : it has never .been 

 definitely identified since. 



N. subflava Grt. Rare near Newark. 



SENTA Steph. 

 S. defecta Grt. " New Jersey," without definite locality. 



PLATYSENTA Grt. 



P. videns Gn. = atriciliata Grt. Anglesea, north to Jersey City, VI to IX, 

 in swampy and marsh lands along shore and inland. 



TAPINOSTOLA Led. 

 T. variana Morr. Newark, light, one specimen (Wdt). 



OMMATOSTOLA Grt. 



O. lintneri Grt. Anglesea, rare, VIII, 31 (Lt), very common, IX, 2, 1899 



(Sm). 



LEUCANIA Ochs. 



L. pallens L. Newark, VII (Wdt), Elizabeth, VIII, 4 (Kp) : the larva? of all 

 our species feed on grasses. 



L. phragmatidicola Gn. Throughout the State, V-VIII. 



L. albilinia Hbn. Common throughout the 

 State, V to VIII. The larva is the 

 "Wheat head army worm," and is 

 sometimes destructive in the northern 

 counties. 



L. multilinea Wlk. = lapidaria Grt. New- 

 ark meadows at sugar (Sb). 



L. insueta Gn. = adonea Grt. Hopatcong Fig. 199.— Leucania albilinea. 



(Pm), Jersey City, VI, common (Kr). 



L. commoides Gn. Anglesea, IX, New Brunswick. 



L. flabilis Grt. Newark at light, VII, rare (Wdt), near New York ^Bt). 



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