440 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



P. vernata Harr. The larva is the Spring canker-worm, an injurious species 

 locally throughout the State. Moths in April or May, larvae most de- 

 structive in June. It rarely causes any notable loss with us, but has been 

 troublesome near Mount Holly. Thorough spraying with the arsenites 

 when the insects are first seen will prove effective. 



ALSOPHILA Hbn. 



A. pometaria Peck. = autumnata Pack. Staten Island, XI and XII (Ds),. 

 and rarely throughout the State. 



EUDULE Hbn. = EUPHANESSA. 



E. mendica Wlk. Throughout the State, VI and VII, more or less local and 



sometimes common. 

 E. meridiana Slosson. Newark, at light (Ang), Central Park, New York 



(Bt). These species were, until recently, classed among the Lithosiids. 



PHILOPSIA Hulst. 

 P. nivigerata Wlk. Rare near New York (Bt). 



NANNIA Hulst. 

 H. refusata Wlk. = harveiata Pack. Should occur in New Jersey. 



HETEROPHLEPS H. S. 



H. triguttaria H. S. Staten Island, VI, VIII (Ds), Forest Hill, VII (Wdt), 

 and more or less common throughout the State. Larva on maple. 



TEPHROCLYSTIS Hbn. = EUPITHEOIA Curt. 



T. nebulosa Hulst. Recorded from New Jersey by Hulst. 



T. implicata Wlk. Newark, VII (Bwl). 



T. miserulata Grt. A common species throughout the State ; recorded from' 



March to October inclusive. Larva on Taxus, Juniper and Tamarack. 

 T. interruptofasciata Pack. Should occur in New Jersey. 

 T. absynthiata Linn. Newark, VI (Wdt) : larva on Solidago, Senecio and 



Artemisia. 



EUCYMATOGE Hbn. = PHIBALAPTERYX Steph. 

 E. intestinata Gn. Hopatcong (Pm), Newark, light, VIII (Wdt). 



VENTJSIA Curt. = EPIRRITA Hbn. 



V. cambrica Curt. Should occur in New Jersey, Philadelphia. 



V. duodecimlineata Pack. Staten Island, V (Ds). 



V. comptaria Wlk. Near New York, on beech and alder. 



