PAPILIO. 



Prgan of tl^e |iew Jork pntomological piub. 



Vol. 2.] 



May, 1882. 



[No. 5 



LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA TAKEN IN AND AROUND 



DAYTON, O. 



By G. R. Pilate. 

 Species marked thus * have not been taken by myself; f. p. — food plant. 



RHOPHALOCERA. 



DIURN^. 



Food 



1 Papilio Turnus, common. 



plant, Tulip tree. 



2 " Turnus, s var. Glaucus, 

 not rare, f. p. Tulip tree, 



Ajax, common, f. p. Pa- 

 paw. 



Ajax, var. Tclamonides, 

 common, Papaw. 



Ajax, var. Marcellus, com- 

 mon, f. p. Papaw. 



Asterias, common, f. 

 Umbelliferae. 



Troilus, common, f. 

 Sassafras. 



Cresphontes, not rare, f. 

 Prickly Ash. 

 9 " Philenor, common, f. 

 Virginia Snakeroot. 



10 Pieris Protodice, common. 



11 " " var. Vernalis, 



common in spring. 



12 " Rapse, common, f. p. 

 bage. Nasturtium 

 Mignionette. 



Philodice, common, 



Red Clover. 

 Philodice $ var. Alba, not 



rare. 

 Eurytheme, one ? 

 Lisa, two or three every 



season. 



13 Colias 



14 " 



15* " 

 16 Terias 



Cab- 

 and 



f. p. 



17 Terias Nicippe, common, f. p. Cas- 



sia Mar3'landica, L. 



18 Danais Archippus, common, f. p. 



different species of As- 

 clepias. 



19 Argynnis Cybele, common. 



20 " Myrina, a few every sea- 



son. 



21 " Bellona, common. 



22 Euptoieta Claudia, two or three 



ever)' season. 



23 Phyciodes Nycteis, common, f. p. 



Actinomeris Helian- 

 thoides. 



24 " Tharos, common. 



25 " " var. Marcia, com- 



mon. 



26 Grapta Interrogationis, common, f. 



p. Elm and Celtis. 



27 " Interrogationis, var., Um- 



brosa, common, f. p. Elm 

 and Celtis. 



28 " Comma, not common, f. p. 



Nettles, 



29 " Comma var. Dryas, not 



common, f. p. Nettles, 



30 Vanessa Antiopa, common, f. p. 



Elm and Willow. 

 31* " Antiopa, Ab. Lintneri, 



only one, f. p. Willow. 

 32 Pj'rameis Ataianta, common, f. p. 



Nettles, 



