434 ANNUAL REPORT OF NEW-YORK 



CURRANT. LEAVES. 



Tlie larvae have as yet been noticed in this country only upon 

 the hop and the elm; but in addition to thes'e it in England has 

 been found feeding upon the nettle, gooseberry, currant, hoiiey- 

 suckle, hazle and willow, and will probably be found upon t]ii^ 

 same vegetation here. The hop appears to be the plant of whioli 

 it is most fond. 



Two broods of this butterfly come abroad each year, the 

 one in May, and the other mostly in September. Degeer has 

 remarked that it probably passes the winter in the perfect state, 

 as specimens are observed in the first days of spring. I once met 

 with it on the nineteenth of April, before warm weather liad suf- 

 ficiently advanced, it would seem, to have disclosed it from 

 the pupa that season. And as the black Antiopa butterfly is 

 occasionally met with torpid in its winter quarters, beneath a 

 board or in the cavity of a decaying log and similar situations, 

 where, though for months buried deeply under the snow, it will 

 remain dry and in safety, to come abroad from its solitary cell 

 upon the first warm days of spring, so it is quite probable some 

 individuals of this species also, hatching from their pupae late in 

 autumn may go into winter quarters and reappear upon the wing 

 early in the following spring. But these can only be regarded as 

 exceptions to the general rule, for it is not till the beginning of 

 May that we commonly meet with this butterfly. I have cap- 

 tured it much oftener than the preceding species, although it is 

 probably no more common. It falls into the collector's hands 

 more frequently, as it comes abroad twice in the season and makes 

 its first appearance when there are but few insects to be gathered. 



The Cecropia emperor moth No. 33, in its larva state a very 

 large pale green worm with blue and yellow prickles, is occasion- 

 ally found upon the currant eating the leaves. 



The White miller No. 125, its larva a large caterpillar 

 covered with soft pale yellow hairs, feeds upon the currant leaves 

 also. 



144. Pale Hispa, Uraplata pallida^ Say, (Coleoptera. Hispidae.) 



Blister-like spots upon the leaves, in which is a small tapering 

 flattened worm, feeding upon the green pulpy substance of the 



