CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 457 



Family THYATIRIDiE. 



Medium or rather large moths with soft gray and pink velvety colors, resem- 

 bling the owlets in appearance, the anal angle of the fore wings usually pro- 

 duced into a tooth or lappet. The main family character is in venation. We 

 have only a very few species. 



ETJTHYATIRA Smith. 



T. pudens Gn. Should occur in Northern New Jersey : the larva in spun 

 leaves of dogwood, Comus Jlorida (Dyar). 



PSEUDOTHYATIRA Grt. 



P. cymatophoroid.es Gn. Jersey City, VI (Kr), Newark and Boonton, VI 

 (Bwl), Caldwell, (Cr), Staten Island, VI, VII (Ds), Elizabeth, VIII, 22 

 (Kp). 

 var. expultrix Grt. Occurs with the type and is more common. The 



larva on birch, looks like a Notodontian (Dyar), and also feeds on 



maple, oak, &c. 



THYATIRA Ochs. 



H. scripta Gosse. Bayonne (Bt), Hopatcong (Pm) : the larva on blackberry 

 and raspberry. 



H. rectangula Ottol. Will almost certainly be found in northern New Jersey, 

 when its distinctness from the preceding is recognized. 



Family EPIPLEMIDJE 



CALLEDAPTERYX Grt. 

 C. dryopterata Grt. Will probably be found when sought for. 



Series TINEIDES. 



This series is almost impossible of popular definition based on superficial 

 characters ! There is no one criterion that will serve to make them recognizable 

 to the ordinary observer save that nearly all the very small species belong here. 



In the larval stage tubercle VII is an ordinary wart and does not form a leg- 

 plate ; IV and V united except in the lowest forms, in the highest I and II are 

 also united. Crotchets of the abdominal feet usually forming a nearly complete 

 circle. 



This latter character is easily seen in most of the caterpillars, a large propor- 

 tion of which live in concealment between folded leaves, in cases, or as borers 

 or miners in vegetable tissue. • 



