CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 



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SIBINE H. S. 



S. stimulea Clem. Saddleback cater- 

 pillar. G. d., locally common in 

 July. The larva occurs in late 

 summer on pear, cherry and apple, 

 sometimes partially defoliating 

 young trees : it also feeds on a 

 large variety of other plants. It 

 succumbs very readily to arsenical 

 sprays. 



ETJCLEA Hbn. 



E. delphinii Bdv. Occurs throughout 

 the State. The moth flies in June 

 and July, the larva is found, some- 

 times commonly, in late summer 

 on pear, cherry, oak, chestnut, 

 blackberry and a variety of other 

 trees and shrubs. Five varieties 

 based on color differences have 

 been recognized, and all occur in 

 the State : they are querceti H. S., 

 interjecta, Dyar, viridiclava Wlk., 

 elliotii Pears., and pcenidata Clem. 



E. indetermina Bdv. = chloris i Auct. Quite generally, but irregularly 



distributed ; imago June to August, larva until November, Caldwell (Cr), 



Newark. VI, 22 (Sb), Ft. Lee (Dyar), Staten Island (Ds), Anglesea (Lt). 



Food plants are apple, cherry, rose and a great variety of other trees and 



, plants. 



E. chloris H. S. = fraterna Grt. Everywhere common (Dyar), Ilopatcong 

 (Pm), New Brunswick, Jamesburg, Anglesea. The moth flies in July, 

 the larvae are found August and September on cherry, oak, hickory and 

 other trees and shrubs. 



MONOLEUCA G-. and R. 



M. semifascia Wlk, Morris Plains (Neum): Mr. Beutenmuller records it as 

 rare near New York, and adds that the caterpillar is unknown. 



Fig. 228. — Sibine stimulea : parent ot the 

 saddleback caterpillar. 



ADONETA Clem. 



A. spinuloides H. S. Recorded from Jersey City and Newark (Soc) to Angle- 

 sea (Lt) and will probably be found throughout the State. The moth 

 flies in July and the larva feeds in late summer on plum, cherry, birch, 

 bayberry and other trees and plants. 



A. leucosigrna Pack. Occurs rarely with the preceding of which, Dr. Dyar 

 suggests, it is probably a variety. 



