THE MOUNT DESERT EEGIOlSr 87 



PoLYGONiA Hiibner (Grapta Kirby) 



P. iNTERROGATioNis Fab. Violet-tip angle-wing. Rare. The 



form umhrosa was taken on Ironbound Isl. by Mr. Dwight 



Blaney. The larva feeds on nettle, elm, basswood, etc. 

 P. COMMA Harr. Comma butterfly. Not common. Ironbound 



Isl. (Blaney). The form dryas was taken at Salisbury 



Cove, July 14. Larva feeds on nettle, etc. 

 P. FAUNus Edw. Green comma. Not common. Bar Harbor, 



July 29; Seal Harbor (D. Rockefeller). The larva feeds 



on birch, currant, and gooseberry. 

 P. PEOGNE Cram. Gray comma. Salisbury Cove, July 14; 



Bar Harbor, Aug. 10. The larva feeds on currant and 



gooseberry. 



EuGONiA Hiibner 



E. j-ALBUM Bdv, & LeC. 'Compton tortoise.' Quite common 

 at S. W. Harbor, Aug. 20-21. Larva feeds on birch. 



Aglais Dalman 



A. MiLBERTi Godart. Milbert's butterfly. Ironbound Isl. 

 (Blaney). Larva feeds on nettle (Urtica dioica). 



EuvANESSA Scudder 



E. ANTioPA Linn. Mourning cloak. Not common. S. W. Har- 

 bor, July 16, 1918; Bar Harbor, July 24, 1919. The larva 

 feeds on willow, poplar, elm, etc. 



Vanessa Pabricius {Pyrameis auct.) 



V. ATALANTA Liuu. Red admiral. Common. Bar Harbor and 

 S. W. Harbor, July 10-Aug. 22. The larva feeds on nettle 

 and hops. 



V. viRGiNiENsis Drury (F. hunt era Fab.). Hunter's butter- 

 fly. Common. Bar Harbor and S. W. Harbor, July 21- 

 Aug. 22. The larva feeds on cudweed and everlasting. 



V. CARDui Linn. Painted lady. Common, July 29-Aug. 22, 

 1920. The larva feeds on a variety of plants : thistle, bur- 

 dock, everlasting, etc. 



