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Vanessa Fabricius 



V. a'ialaxta Linn. (299). The Red Admiral. Common from 



first week in July to end of August. Larvae feeds on hops, 



nettle, and is said to feed on elm. 

 V. vihgixiensis Drury (300). Hunter's Butterfly. Coinmou 



July 20 to end of August. The larvae feeds on everlasting 



( A naph Wis) and cud weed. 

 V. caedui Linn. (301). The Painted Lady. Common July 27 



to August 22. Larvae feeds on a great variety of plants 



including burdock, thistle, everlasting, etc*. 



Junonia Hiibuer 



J. coenta Hbn. (303). But one individual taken, July 28, '35 

 (Br.). 



Basilarchia Seudder 



V. abthemis Dm. (321). The Banded Purple. Common from 

 Harbor; Echo Lake; S. W. Harbor; Long Pond, July 1- 

 Sept. 7. The larva feeds on birch, willow and poplar. 



B. arthemis Dru. form prosperpina Edw. (321). One speci- 

 men was taken at Echo Lake, July 17, 1918. This form, 

 which is common in the Berkshires and Catskills, is con- 

 sidered a hybrid between the more southern B. astyanax and 

 the northern B. arthemis. If so, the former must occa- 

 sionally reach Mt. Desert. In discussing the probable oc- 

 currence of prosperpina at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mr. 

 Seudder says: "It is not at all improbable that ursala 

 (astyanax) may yet be found as far north as ML Desert, 

 and that colonies of prosperpina are now living along the 

 whole coast of Maine." (See Butterflies of Xew England, 

 vol. 1, p. 291, 1889.). 



B. archippus Cram. (325). The Viceroy. Not common. Bar 

 Harbor, Aug. 15. The larva feeds on willow and poplar. 



B. archippus (32.")). ab. psetjdodoripptjs Stkr. Mt. Desert, 

 Aug. '33. 



