THE INSECTS OF NEW JERSEY. 409 



EUPTOIETA Doubl. 



E. claudia Cram. From Cape May to Jersey City and south of the red- 

 shale line to the Delaware, June to October. There are three broods, 

 and the larva feeds on violets, mandrake, passion flower, Portulacca, 

 Sedum and Desmodium. Mr. Davis reports it extremely rare on 

 Staten Island; but other collectors report it as locally and season- 

 ally common. 



ARGYNNIS Fab. 



A. idalia Dru. Throughout the State and locally common, from late June 

 into September, favoring swampy meadows. The form "ashtaroth" 

 Fisher has been taken by Mr. Angelman at Schooley's Mountain. 

 The larvae of all the species of this genus feed on violets. 



A. cybele Fab. Throughout the State from early June to late Septem- 

 ber; less numerous in the northern areas than in the south, where 

 it is the most abundant of the larger species. 



A. aphrodite Fab. Occurs with "cybele" north of the red shale line and 

 more abundant in the hills of the extreme north. Mr. Davis records 

 a single example from Staten Island, VI, 29. Records south of these 

 points are Camden, Moorestown, Westville (Carney), but these may 

 need verification. 



A. myrina Cram. Common throughout the State, May to September and 

 probably 3-brooded. 



A. bellona Fab. Throughout the State, June to September; more com- 

 mon northwardly. 



PHYCIODES Doubl. 



P. nycteis Db. Hew. Recorded from Hopatcong and Greenwood Lake 

 to Mount Holly, all dates in June and July. Not usually a common 

 species. Larva on aster, sunflower and "Actinomeris." 



P. tharos Dru. Common throughout the State and throughout the sea- 

 son, probably three-brooded. The form "marcia" Bdw. appears in 

 May and June and produces the form "morpheus" Edw., from which, 

 in turn, "marcia" again appears. The larva feeds on asters. 



P. batesii Reak. Recorded only from Gloucester, in the original descrip- 

 tion and apparently not found since. 



MELIT/EA Fab. 



M. phaeton Dru. Throughout the State, in swampy meadows, sometimes 

 locally abundant. The larva hibernates, becomes full grown in May 

 or early June, and the adult is on the wing until early July. Food 

 plants are "Lonicera," "Chelone," "Viburnum," "Mimulus," "Plan- 

 tago," "Gerardia," etc. 



M. harrisii Scudd. Orange Mts. (Soc); Schooley's Mt. (Aaron); Hewitt 

 VI, 19 (Ds). The larva on asters. 



