CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 433 



YPSIA G-n. 



Y. undularis Dru. Staten Island, V, VII, VIII (Ds) and probably through- 

 out the State, with its varieties ceruginosa Gn., and umbripennis Gn. 



PSEUDANTHRACIA Grt. 

 P. coracias Gn. Elizabeth, VII, at sugar (Wdt). 



HOMOPYRALIS Grt. 



H. discalis Grt. Newark (Wdt), Camden, VI, 6, VIII, 5 (Kp), Anglesea (Lt). 

 H. contracta Wlk. =tactus Grt. Staten Island, VI to VIII (Ds), Caldwell 



(Cr), Elizabeth, VIII, 4, 22 (Kp). 

 H. tantillus Grt. Near New York, not common (Bt). 



ETJTOREUMA Grt. 

 E. tenuis Grt. Montclair VIII, 11 (Kearfott). 



HYAMIA Wlk. = SPARGALOMA Grt. 



H. perditalis Wlk. = umbrifascia Grt. Staten Island, VII (Ds), Elizabeth, 



VII (Wdt), VIII, 4 (Kp), Anglesea, VII, 21 (Lt). 

 H. sexpunctata Grt. Near New York (Bt), Newark (Sb). 



PANGRAPTA Hbn. 

 P. decoralis Hbn. Throughout the State V-VIII, locally common. 



PHAL^NOSTOLA Grt. 



P. larentioides Grt. Newark, VIII (Bwl), Westville, VI, 6 (Jn), Anglesea, 

 VI, 15 (Lt). 



Family HYPENIDiE. 



These are the "snout moths," so called because in many of them the palpi 

 are projected straight forward into a beak, though sometimes they are curved 

 sickle -shaped over the head. They are also known as Deltoids because many 

 of them, when at rest, have an outline like the Greek letter J delta. They are 

 all obscurely colored moths of small or moderate size, living in wood or among 

 grasses. The larvse vary, some of them lacking one pair of abdominal legs : 

 they live in many cases on dead leaves or decaying wood, but also eat grasses 

 or other vegetation. None of them are economically important in New Jersey. 



It may be added that in this family sexual modification has run wild, antennae, 

 feet, palpi and wings being modified in the species. The antenmu have knots, 

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