﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  411 
  

  

  progne 
  Cram. 
  Local 
  throughout 
  the 
  northern 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  State; 
  but 
  

   a 
  single 
  c? 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  at 
  Camden 
  IV, 
  24, 
  by 
  Carney. 
  Hiber- 
  

   nated 
  specimens 
  occur 
  in 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  and 
  fresh 
  examples 
  in 
  

   midsummer. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  currant 
  and 
  gooseberry. 
  

  

  j-album 
  Bd. 
  — 
  Lee. 
  Local 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  though 
  much 
  more 
  

   frequent 
  northwardly. 
  Lakehurst 
  IX, 
  17 
  (Ds), 
  and 
  Barnegat 
  City 
  

   VIII, 
  16 
  (Br), 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  southern 
  localities 
  given, 
  and 
  as 
  with 
  

   the 
  others 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  broods. 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  records 
  that 
  about 
  one- 
  

   half 
  the 
  specimens 
  taken 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  dwell- 
  

   ings, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  apt 
  to 
  come 
  within 
  doors 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  our 
  

   native 
  butterflies. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  birch. 
  

  

  VANESSA 
  Fabr. 
  

  

  V. 
  antiopa 
  Linn. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  almost 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  year, 
  the 
  hibernating 
  examples 
  being 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  during 
  mild 
  

   days 
  even 
  in 
  mid-winter. 
  The 
  spiny 
  caterpillar 
  feeds 
  in 
  colonies 
  on 
  

   willow, 
  poplar, 
  elm 
  and 
  celtis, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  in 
  numbers 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  attract 
  attention. 
  It 
  is 
  easily 
  controlled 
  by 
  arsenites. 
  The 
  aber- 
  

   ration 
  "lintneri" 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  at 
  Camden 
  VIII, 
  4, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carney. 
  

  

  V. 
  milberti 
  Gdt. 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  and 
  northward 
  VI, 
  VII 
  and 
  IX; 
  one 
  ex- 
  

   ample 
  only, 
  recorded 
  at 
  Camden 
  XI, 
  9 
  (Carney). 
  Mr. 
  Davis 
  records 
  

   two 
  examples 
  on 
  Staten 
  Island, 
  both 
  in 
  October. 
  Other 
  specific 
  local- 
  

   ities 
  are 
  Lyons 
  Farms 
  VII 
  (Bz) 
  ; 
  Swartswood 
  Lake, 
  VII, 
  25 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  

   Schooley's 
  Mt. 
  (Aaron); 
  Paterson, 
  VII, 
  20, 
  VIII, 
  13 
  (Gr). 
  Larva 
  on 
  

   nettle. 
  

  

  PYRAMEIS 
  Doubl. 
  

  

  P. 
  atalanta 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  all 
  seasons; 
  locally 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  Becomes 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  September 
  and 
  hibernates 
  as 
  an 
  

   adult. 
  Two-brooded, 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  hop 
  and 
  nettle. 
  

  

  P. 
  huntera 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  common. 
  May 
  to 
  November 
  and 
  

   hibernating 
  examples 
  occasionally 
  in 
  other 
  months. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   broods, 
  and 
  the 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  nettle, 
  thistle, 
  burdock, 
  sunflower, 
  

   everlasting, 
  etc. 
  

  

  P. 
  cardui 
  Linn. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  May 
  to 
  October, 
  usually 
  most 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  September. 
  Two-brooded, 
  adult 
  hibernates, 
  food 
  plants 
  

   thistle, 
  burdock, 
  sunflower, 
  hollyhock 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  JUNONIA 
  Doubl. 
  

  

  P. 
  ccenia 
  Hbn. 
  More 
  or 
  less 
  generally 
  distributed 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  shale 
  

   and 
  sometimes 
  common 
  in 
  late 
  summer 
  in 
  Cape 
  May 
  and 
  other 
  

   southern 
  shore 
  counties. 
  Occasional 
  in 
  the 
  Orange 
  Mts. 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Ft. 
  

   Lee 
  (Bt); 
  Paterson 
  VIII, 
  22 
  (Gr), 
  Westwood 
  (Mitchell) 
  and 
  Somer- 
  

   set 
  County. 
  It 
  is 
  two-brooded; 
  flies 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  November, 
  and 
  the 
  

   larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  plantain, 
  snapdragon 
  and 
  Gerardia. 
  

  

  