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AMBLYSCIRTES Speyer. 



A. vial is W. H. Edw. Newfoundland V, 29, Lakehurst V, 20, VI, 4 (Ds) ; 

 Westville V (Sk); Clementon V, 16 (div). 



A. samoset Scudd. Not yet actually taken; but almost sure to be found. 



PYRGUS Westw. 



P. tessellata Scudd. Throughout the State, seasonally common, VIII 

 and IX. The larva on mallow, "Althea," "Abutilon" and "Sidus." 



P. centaurese Ramb. Westmont IV, 30-V, 19 (Mitchell) ; Paterson IV, 

 25-V, 14 (Gr); Little Falls throughout May (div); lona IV, 30 (Sk). 



NISONIADES Speyer. 



N. brizo Bd. Lee. More or less common throughout the State, April to 

 June, recorded by all collectors. There is one record at Clementon 

 X, 5 (Sk), and Mr. Davis adds that the species occurs on the more 

 barren hills and sandy districts. Larva on oak and "Cynoglossum." 



N. icelus Lint. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Ft. Lee, Plainfield V, VI (Bt) ; 

 Orange Mts. V, 1-VI, 15 (Bz) ; Jersey City VII (Kr); Staten Island V 

 (Ds). The larva on aspen, willow and witch hazel. 



N. lucilius Lint. Greenwood Lake, Orange Mts. V, VI (Bt) ; Paterson 

 IV, 19-V, 7 (Gr). The larva on "Aquilegia," "Chenopodium" (Bt), 

 willow and poplar (Dyar). 



N. persius Scudd. Westmont VIII, 6 (Mitchell); Greenwood Lake and 

 elsewhere in N. J., V, VI (Bt) ; Orange Mts. V-VII (Bz) ; Staten 

 Island V-IX (Ds) ; So. Orange, Camden VII (Bwl) ; Westville IV, 9 

 (Sk). The larva on willow and poplar. 



N. martialis Scudd. Westmont VII, 4 (Mitchell); Sparta, Normannock 

 VII, Staten Island V, 3 (Ds) ; Paterson VII, 27 (Gr) ; Eagle Rock VI 

 (Bz); Laurel Springs IV, 29 (Hoyer) ; Woodbury IX, 5 (Sk) ; New 

 Jersey V, VI and VII, VIII, two broods (Bt). The larva on red-root 

 and wild indigo. The "ausonius" Lint, of the last edition is an un- 

 dersized example of this species. 



N. juvenalis Fab. Throughout the State, more or less commonly, May 

 to September. Two broods; larva on wild beans and other legumes 

 as well as on oak. 



N. petronius Lint. Orange Mts. VII, VIII (Bz) ; Woodbury IV, V, James- 

 burg VII, 4, Atco IX, 4 (Sk). 

 "N. horatius" Scudd. and "N. terentius" Scudd, included on published 



faunal maps, have not been actually taken and are of doubtful occurrence. 



PHOLISORA Speyer. 



P. catullus Fab. Common throughout the State, May to September. It 

 is two-brooded, the larva on "Amaranthus" and "Chenopodium." 



