﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  409 
  

  

  EUPTOIETA 
  Doubl. 
  

  

  E. 
  Claudia 
  Cram. 
  From 
  Cape 
  May 
  to 
  Jersey 
  City 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  red- 
  

   shale 
  line 
  to 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  June 
  to 
  October. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  broods, 
  

   and 
  the 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  violets, 
  mandrake, 
  passion 
  'flower, 
  Portulacca, 
  

   Sedum 
  and 
  Desmodium. 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  reports 
  it 
  extremely 
  rare 
  on 
  

   Staten 
  Island; 
  but 
  other 
  collectors 
  report 
  it 
  as 
  locally 
  and 
  season- 
  

   ally 
  common. 
  

  

  ARGYNNIS 
  Fab. 
  

  

  A. 
  idalia 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  locally 
  common, 
  from 
  late 
  June 
  

   into 
  September, 
  favoring 
  swampy 
  meadows. 
  The 
  form 
  "ashtaroth" 
  

   Fisher 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Angelman 
  at 
  Schooley's 
  Mountain. 
  

   The 
  larvae 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus 
  feed 
  on 
  violets. 
  

  

  A. 
  cybele 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  early 
  June 
  to 
  late 
  Septem- 
  

   ber; 
  less 
  numerous 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  areas 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  south, 
  where 
  

   it 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  species. 
  

  

  A. 
  aphrodite 
  Fab. 
  Occurs 
  with 
  "cybele" 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  shale 
  line 
  and 
  

   more 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  hills 
  of 
  the 
  extreme 
  north. 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  records 
  

   a 
  single 
  example 
  from 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  VI, 
  29. 
  Records 
  south 
  of 
  these 
  

   points 
  are 
  Camden, 
  Moorestown, 
  Westville 
  (Carney), 
  but 
  these 
  may 
  

   need 
  verification. 
  

  

  A. 
  myrina 
  Cram. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  September 
  and 
  

   probably 
  3-brooded. 
  

  

  A. 
  bellona 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  June 
  to 
  September; 
  more 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  northwardly. 
  

  

  PHYCIODES 
  Doubl. 
  

  

  P. 
  nycteis 
  Db.— 
  Hew. 
  Recorded 
  from 
  Hopatcong 
  and 
  Greenwood 
  Lake 
  

   to 
  Mount 
  Holly, 
  all 
  dates 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  Not 
  usually 
  a 
  common 
  

   species. 
  Larva 
  on 
  aster, 
  sunflower 
  and 
  "Actinomeris." 
  

  

  P. 
  tharos 
  Dru. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   son, 
  probably 
  three-brooded. 
  The 
  form 
  "marcia" 
  Bdw. 
  appears 
  in 
  

   May 
  and 
  June 
  and 
  produces 
  the 
  form 
  "morpheus" 
  Edw., 
  from 
  which, 
  

   in 
  turn, 
  "marcia" 
  again 
  appears. 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  asters. 
  

  

  P. 
  bates! 
  i 
  Reak. 
  Recorded 
  only 
  from 
  Gloucester, 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  apparently 
  not 
  found 
  since. 
  

  

  MELIT>!EA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  M. 
  phaeton 
  Dru. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  in 
  swampy 
  meadows, 
  sometimes 
  

   locally 
  abundant. 
  The 
  larva 
  hibernates, 
  becomes 
  full 
  grown 
  in 
  May 
  

   or 
  early 
  June, 
  and 
  the 
  adult 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  until 
  early 
  July. 
  Food 
  

   plants 
  are 
  "Lonicera," 
  "Chelone," 
  "Viburnum," 
  "Mimulus," 
  "Plan- 
  

   tago," 
  "Gerardia," 
  etc. 
  

  

  M. 
  harrisii 
  Scudd. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (Soc) 
  ; 
  Schooley's 
  Mt. 
  (Aaron); 
  Hewitt 
  

   VI, 
  19 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  larva 
  on 
  asters. 
  

  

  