218 BIOLOGICAL SIKYKY OF 



l\ rapab Linn. (8G). Imported Cabbage-butterfly. Common, 

 [ntroduced at Quebec about 1860, it reached Mt. Desert 

 about 18(58. The larva \\>(n\s chiefly on cabbage, but will 

 also feed on most of the Cruciferae, including turnip, mus- 

 tard, horse radish, water-cress, etc. It is usually kept in 

 check by parasites. 



Daxaidae 

 Danatjs Kluk 

 D. plexippus Linn. (89). The Monarch. S. W. Harbor, July, 

 litis : cast of Champlain Mt., 1924 (Burton). It is probably 

 only an occasional visitor during its northern migration. 

 In the absence of milkweed (Asclepias), the larva could 

 probably feed on dogbane (Apocynum). Bar Harbor, Aug. 

 2 (Br.). On Sept. 23, '33 there were about sixty individuals 

 feeding- on purple aster at Sea Wall. 



D. plexippus Linn. ab. ftjmosus Hist. Mt. Desert, Aug. 2, 

 '33. 



Satyridae 

 Ekodia Hiibner 



E. portlaxdia Fab. (96). The Pearl-eyed Nymph. Local in 

 its distribution, wood near the Sieur de Monts Spring; 

 Eden, July 18-24. The larva feeds on grasses. A pupa 

 taken at Bubble Brook July 12, '36 hatched an Amblyteles 

 n.sp. One taken at Corfield July 7 was not normally marked 

 on the secondaries and approaches the southern form. 



Satyrodes Scudder 



S. eurydtce Job. (106). The Common Grass Nymph. Bar 

 Harbor; Eden; S. W. Harbor, July 10-24. The larva feeds 

 on grasses. 



Minois Hiibner 



M. alope maritima Edw. (117a). The Wood Nymph. Com- 

 mon throughout the Island July 15 into Aug. The larva 

 feeds on grasses. 



M. alope xephele Kby. (117c). Common and records same 

 as above. 



