472 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



SANNINOIDEA Beut. 



S. exitiosa Say. Common from June to September wherever peach is grown,, 

 The larva is the common peach borer and seriously injurious in many 

 localities. Trees should be protected from June to September by wire 

 netting, newspaper, cement wash or other mechanical covering extend- 

 ing from two inches below to eighteen inches above the surface. 

 The variety edwardsii Bt., occurs at Westville (Jn). 



SESIA Fabr. 



S. pictipes G. and R. Newark (Soc), Staten Island, VI, VII (Ds), Ham- 

 monton, Riverton, New Brunswick, Philadelphia, VI. The larva bores 

 in the trunks and branches of plum, cherry, beach plum and sometimes 

 peach, but rarely does marked injury. 



S. scitula Harr. New Jersey (Bt). Breeds in and under oak and chestnut 

 bark and in old oak and willow galls. 



S. pyri Harr. Generally distributed, Newark, VI, New Brunswick, Burling- 

 ton County. The larva occurs in apple and pear, but is not common and 

 has not been, in my experience, injurious. 



S. acerni Clem. Staten Island, VI & VII (Ds), Vineland, Bridgeton, Ham- 

 monton, Moorestown, Riverton and in other South Jersey towns. The 

 larva bores in maples and sometimes ruins the younger shade trees. 



S. corni Hy. Edw. Mr. Beutenmuller thinks this is sure to occur in New 

 Jersey. It resembles the preceding and the larva also bores in maple. 

 Mr. Johnson has taken it near Philadelphia. 



S. tipuliformis Linn. Generally distributed and flies in June and July. The 

 larva is the common currant borer and often does serious injury to the 

 plants. I have seen it in harmful numbers at Irvington, Hilton, New 

 Brunswick and Moorestown. 



S. bolteri Hy. Edw. Mr. Beutenmuller thinks this is sure to be found in New 

 Jersey if sought for. 



S. albicornis Hy. Edw. Morris Plains (Neum), Newark, VI (Wdt). Larva 

 breeds in willows. 



S. bassiformis Wlk. Merchantville, VIII, 27 (Kp). 



CARMENTA Hy. Edw. 



O. pyralidiformis Wlk. Collingwood, VIII, 16 (Kp). The larva bores in 

 the twigs of beach plum, and the insect is likely to occur throughout 

 Southern New Jersey and along the shore. 



Super-family TINEOIDEA. 



These are all small or very small species with narrow, often lanceolate, wings,, 

 usually with very long fringes, especially on the secondaries. The antennae are 

 usually slender, moderate in length, but sometimes very long, the head often 



