﻿4IO 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  GRAPTA 
  Kirby. 
  

  

  G. 
  interrogationis 
  Fab. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  season; 
  not 
  uncommon. 
  The 
  adult 
  hibernates, 
  begins 
  to 
  oviposit 
  

   in 
  May 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  broods. 
  It 
  occurs 
  in 
  two 
  forms, 
  "fabricii" 
  

   and 
  "umbrosa," 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  seasonal, 
  but 
  may 
  and 
  do 
  occur 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  in 
  midsummer. 
  The 
  larvae 
  feed 
  on 
  "Celtis," 
  elm, 
  hop, 
  nettle, 
  

   basswood 
  and 
  other 
  trees. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  173. 
  — 
  Grapta 
  comma: 
  a, 
  egg 
  chain; 
  h, 
  larva; 
  c, 
  chry- 
  

   salis; 
  d, 
  adult: 
  all 
  natural 
  size 
  except 
  a. 
  

  

  G. 
  comma 
  Harr. 
  Also 
  recorded 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  season; 
  but 
  less 
  abundant 
  and 
  more 
  local. 
  Also 
  

   hibernates 
  and 
  occurs 
  in 
  two 
  forms, 
  "harrisii" 
  (winter) 
  and 
  "dryas" 
  

   (summer). 
  Food 
  plants 
  are 
  much 
  as 
  before, 
  save 
  that 
  hop 
  is 
  the 
  

   favorite. 
  Mr. 
  Grossbeck 
  records 
  it 
  on 
  false 
  nettle 
  near 
  Paterson 
  in 
  

   September. 
  

  

  G. 
  faunus 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edw. 
  Schooley's 
  Mt. 
  (Aaron), 
  Westwood 
  IX, 
  10 
  (Mit- 
  

   chell), 
  and 
  locally 
  in 
  the 
  hilly 
  sections 
  of 
  northern 
  Jersey. 
  The 
  

   larva 
  on 
  birch, 
  willow, 
  currant 
  and 
  gooseberry. 
  

  

  