CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 419 



L. unipuncta Harv. Throughout the State all summer and until frost. The 

 larva is the " army worm " and is sometimes seriously destructive locally 

 or generally. Remedial measures consist of barriers and mechanical 

 methods that cannot be detailed here. 



L. pseudargyria Gn. Throughout the State IV-IX common, but not 

 injurious. 



UFEUS Grt. 



U. plicatus Grt. Newark (Sb). 



SCOLECOCAMPA Gn. 



S. liburna Geyer. Ft. Lee (Bt), Staten Island (Ds), Newark, VII (Sb), 

 Hemlock Falls, and g. d. : the larva in decaying cherry, hickory, oak and 

 chestnut stumps. 



EUCALYPTERA Morr. 



E. bipuncta Morr. In July, on salt marshes ; the larva probably a borer in 

 reeds or grasses. 



DORYODES Gn. 



E. bistrialis Geyer. =acutaria H. S. Newark, at light, V (Wdt), Anglesea, 

 common on the salt marshes, VI-IX. 



PHIPROSOPTJS Grt. 

 P. callitrichoides Gn. Elizabeth, VIII, 19 (Kp). 



AMOLITA Grt. 



A. fessa Grt. Hopatcong (Pm). Anglesea, VI, 15, VII, 21, VIII, 14 (Lt), 



VIII. 23 (Kp). 



RIVTJLA Gn. 



R. propinqualis Gn. Newark, VI-IX, g. d. (Wdt), Elizabeth, VII, 24 (Kp). 



BALSA Wlk. = NOLOPHANA Grt. 



B. malana Fitch. Caldwell (Cr), Staten Island (Ds), Hemlock Falls, New- 



ark, V (Sb), Elizabeth, VII, 24 (Kp), g. d. throughout the State; "a 

 little green larva dotted with yellow " (Dyar), on apple. 



B. triquetrana Fitch. Boonton, VIII (Wdt). 



B. tristrigella Wlk. = zelleri Grt. Newark, V (Wdt), Hemlock Falls (Sb). 



B. labecula Grt. Will also probably occur : we have it from New Vork 

 (Dyar). 



Fig. 194. — Mamestra picta : a, the " zebra caterpillar" ; b, moth. 



Fig. 195. — Wheat head army worm : a, a, larvae at work on wheat head; 6, egg mass ; c, d, egg Irom 

 above and side, enlarged. 



Fig. 196. — Army- worm at work. 



Fig. 197 — Army-worm moth, Leucania tinif>unctu and details. 



Fig. \<SS.—Heliothis armiger : a, />, egg, enlarged, trom side and above ; c, larva ; d, pupa in under- 

 ground cell ; e, adult, wings spread ; f, same, wings closed. 



