. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 514 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. MEGALOPYGE Hbn. M. crispata Pack. Local throughout the State, VI-VIII. Larva on niost orchard and small fruits and on many other trees and shrubs, but never abundant enough to be harmful. Family PYROMORPHID^. Small, black or smoky-winged moths, nearly always with a red collar. The species are slight, rather frail in ap- pearance, with two inner veins on primaries and three on secondaries. The antennae of the male are pec- tinated. ACOLOITHUS Clem. A. falsarius Clem. Morris Plains (Dya
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 514 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. MEGALOPYGE Hbn. M. crispata Pack. Local throughout the State, VI-VIII. Larva on niost orchard and small fruits and on many other trees and shrubs, but never abundant enough to be harmful. Family PYROMORPHID^. Small, black or smoky-winged moths, nearly always with a red collar. The species are slight, rather frail in ap- pearance, with two inner veins on primaries and three on secondaries. The antennae of the male are pec- tinated. ACOLOITHUS Clem. A. falsarius Clem. Morris Plains (Dyar); Woodbridge VI, 17, lona V, 26, Laurel Springs V, 23 (Dke); Angle sea V (div). Adult on flowers of beach-plum and wild cherry in May and June grape and Virginia Fig. 216.—Harrisina americana: a, larva; h, pupa; c, cocoon; d, e, moths, wings closed and open. larva on PYROMORPHA H. S. P. dimidiata H. S. Plainfield VII (Bz); Staten Island VI (Ds); New Brunswick (Coll); Woodbury VI, 17, Wenonah VI, lona V, 24, DaCosta VI, Manumuskin VI (Dke); Lahaway VI (Sm); never common. The larva feeds on dead oak leaves. HARRISINA Pack. americana Harr. Locally common everywhere V- VIII, and sometimes, as in the Egg Harbor dis- trict, injurious to certain varieties of grape. The yellow, black-dotted lar- vae feed in company throughout most of their life, and are easily de- stroyed by hand-picking or the use of arsenate of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New Jersey state museum. [from old catalog].
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