CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 487 



T. pallida H. S. Morris Plains, g. d. (Dyar), Ft. Lee (Bt), Staten Island 

 (Ds). The moths fly in June ; the larv;e occur on willow, oak, sycamore, 

 bayberry, etc. A variety, flavu la H. S., occurs with the type. 



T. testacea Pack. G. d., and locally not rare ; Newark (Soc), Ft. Lee (Bt). 

 Adult flies in July, the larva on oak, wild cherry, birch, &c, .Sic. 



HETEROGENEA Knoch. 

 H. shurtleffei Pack. Ft. Lee, VII (Bt | : larva on oak, chestnut and beech. 



PACKARDIA G. and R. 



P. geminata Pack. Newark (Soc), g. d., but rare : flies in June, the larva on 

 wild cherry, birch, oak, etc., etc. The varieties albipunda Pack., ocellata 

 Grt., and goodellu Grt., are found with the type. 



P. elegans Pack. = nigropunctata Good. Newark (Soc), Hopatcong, VII 

 (Bt), Morris Plains (Dyar). The larva feeds on cherry, maple, linden 

 and other shade and forest trees. A variety fusca Pack., occurs with 

 the type. 



Family MEGALOPYGIDJE. 



Medium sized or rather large moths with plump very hairy body, the abdo- 

 men squarely truncated, antenna; lengthily pectinated in the male. The wings 

 are short, broad and obtuse, also clothed with long hair forming a surface 

 which Prof. Comstock compares with flannel ; and, because of the wavy lines on 

 the forewings, he calls our common species the "crinkled flannel moth." The 

 larvre seem to have an extra pair of abdominal legs and the cocoon is a curious 

 case-like structure which has a trap door at cue end. 



MEGALOPYGE Hbn. = L AGO A Harr. 



M. crispata Pack. Quite generally distributed, the imago in June and 

 August. The larva feeds on most of the orchard and small fruits and on 

 many other trees and shrubs as well ; but is not abundant enough at any 

 time to be harmful. 



M. opercularis S. and A. Should occur in the State. 



Family PYROMORPHIDJE 



Small moths, black or smoky-brown in color, rather broad-winged in one 

 case, narrowly rounded in the others, collar nearly always red. The species 



