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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  No 
  important 
  change 
  in 
  general 
  arrangement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  

   edition, 
  and 
  such 
  changes 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  necessary 
  are 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   previous 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way. 
  

  

  Super-family 
  PAPILIONOIDE^. 
  

  

  Includes 
  the 
  day-fliers 
  or 
  butterflies, 
  characterized 
  by 
  having 
  the 
  an- 
  

   tennae 
  enlarged 
  into 
  a 
  club 
  at 
  tip, 
  whence 
  they 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  called 
  

   "Rhopalocera" 
  or 
  club-horned. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  moderate 
  or 
  large 
  

   size, 
  brightly 
  colored 
  and 
  marked, 
  and 
  the 
  wings, 
  when 
  at 
  rest, 
  are 
  held 
  

   upright 
  or 
  vertical, 
  the 
  faces 
  opposing 
  each 
  other, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  skippers 
  

   or 
  "Hesperidse," 
  where 
  the 
  fore-wings 
  are 
  held 
  vertically 
  and 
  the 
  hind 
  

   wings 
  are 
  held 
  horizontally. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Henry 
  Skinner, 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  has 
  been 
  good 
  enough 
  to 
  look 
  over 
  

   the 
  manuscript 
  in 
  this 
  super-family 
  and 
  to 
  verify 
  such 
  determinations 
  as 
  

   seemed 
  questionable. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  added 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  records 
  and 
  notes 
  

   from 
  his 
  own 
  experience. 
  

  

  Family 
  NYMPHALIDyE. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  the 
  four-footed 
  butterflies, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  anterior 
  feet 
  are 
  so 
  

   much 
  aborted 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  useless 
  for 
  any 
  purpose. 
  The 
  pupae 
  are 
  suspended 
  

   by 
  the 
  tail 
  alone 
  and 
  are 
  frequently 
  ornamented 
  by 
  metallic 
  gold 
  and 
  

   silver 
  spots. 
  

  

  DANAIS 
  Latr. 
  

  

  D. 
  plexippus 
  Linn. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  November; 
  

   sparingly 
  before 
  midsummer, 
  commonly 
  until 
  late 
  September. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  milkweeds, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  broods. 
  The 
  chrysalis 
  

   is 
  bright 
  green 
  with 
  golden 
  spots, 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  object. 
  

   This 
  butterfly 
  migrates 
  in 
  late 
  fall 
  and 
  winters 
  as 
  an 
  adult 
  in 
  the 
  

   Southwest. 
  In 
  May, 
  scattering 
  females 
  return 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  

   first 
  brood 
  of 
  larvae, 
  the 
  butterflies 
  from 
  which 
  remain 
  here, 
  lay 
  eggs 
  

   and 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  brood 
  of 
  larvae. 
  These 
  develop 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  way, 
  the 
  adults 
  also 
  remain 
  at 
  home 
  and 
  provide 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  

   and 
  largest 
  brood 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  The 
  adults 
  that 
  hatch 
  from 
  this 
  

   brood 
  of 
  larvae 
  have 
  the 
  migrating 
  instinct 
  developed, 
  make 
  no 
  at- 
  

   tempt 
  to 
  reproduce 
  their 
  kind 
  and 
  leave 
  in 
  great 
  swarms 
  in 
  late 
  

   September 
  and 
  early 
  October 
  for 
  their 
  winter 
  home. 
  They 
  do 
  not 
  

   reproduce 
  there, 
  and 
  only 
  the 
  females 
  return 
  to 
  their 
  place 
  of 
  birth 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring 
  following. 
  

  

  AGRAULIS 
  Bd.— 
  Lee. 
  

   A. 
  vanillae 
  Linn. 
  Cape 
  May; 
  7-mile 
  beach; 
  Camden 
  County; 
  an 
  occa- 
  

   sional 
  visitor 
  only, 
  and 
  may 
  not 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  at 
  all; 
  the 
  larva 
  

   feeds 
  on 
  "Passiflora." 
  

  

  