﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OE 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  413 
  

  

  N. 
  phocion 
  Fab. 
  5-inile 
  beach 
  VI 
  (Haim) 
  ; 
  7-mile 
  beach, 
  Atlantic 
  City 
  

   (Aaron); 
  DaCosta 
  VII, 
  17, 
  common 
  (Lt); 
  Toms 
  River 
  VII, 
  27. 
  Brown's 
  

   Mills 
  Jc. 
  VII, 
  12 
  (Dke); 
  Jones 
  Mill 
  VI, 
  21 
  (Stone); 
  Morristown 
  (Ed- 
  

   wards). 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  grasses. 
  

  

  N. 
  eurytus 
  Fab. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  open 
  woodland. 
  

   It 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  our 
  species 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  from 
  late 
  May 
  

   to 
  early 
  September. 
  Mr. 
  Beutenmuller 
  says 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  brood 
  only, 
  

   the 
  larva 
  feeding 
  on 
  grasses. 
  

  

  N. 
  mitchelli 
  French. 
  Dover, 
  VI 
  (Jn), 
  and 
  no 
  other 
  more 
  recent 
  cap- 
  

   tures. 
  

  

  N. 
  sosybius 
  Fab. 
  Mount 
  Holly 
  (Aaron), 
  and 
  occasional 
  in 
  southern 
  Nev/ 
  

   Jersey. 
  The 
  larva 
  on 
  grasses. 
  

  

  SATYRUS 
  Westw. 
  

  

  S. 
  alope 
  Fab. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  September. 
  

   The 
  typical 
  form 
  occurs 
  sparingly 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  section 
  — 
  is 
  the 
  

   more 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  and 
  

   becomes 
  less 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  sandy 
  coastal 
  plain. 
  

  

  var. 
  maritima 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edw. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  form 
  in 
  Cape 
  May 
  

   County, 
  VII-IX, 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  common 
  as 
  the 
  type 
  at 
  Jamesburg, 
  but 
  

   is 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  Orange 
  Mountains 
  and 
  wanting 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  var. 
  nephele 
  Kirby. 
  Tends 
  to 
  replace 
  the 
  typical 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  

   and 
  is 
  common 
  in 
  Sussex, 
  Warren 
  and 
  Morris 
  Counties. 
  All 
  forms 
  

   from 
  typical 
  "alope" 
  to 
  typical 
  "nephele" 
  occur 
  at 
  Chester. 
  The 
  

   larvae 
  are 
  grass 
  feeders. 
  

  

  Family 
  LIBYTHEID^. 
  

  

  Includes 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  species, 
  which 
  differs 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  our 
  

   butterflies 
  by 
  the 
  long 
  palpi, 
  projected 
  straight 
  forward 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  a 
  snout 
  or 
  beak. 
  

  

  LIBYTHEA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  L. 
  bachmani 
  Kirtl. 
  Local 
  and 
  sometimes 
  common. 
  Hopatcong 
  (Pm) 
  ; 
  

   Ft. 
  Lee 
  VII 
  and 
  VIII 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  (Soc) 
  ; 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VIII, 
  11, 
  IX, 
  

   15, 
  three 
  specimens 
  only 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Gloucester 
  (Aaron) 
  ; 
  Camden 
  VII, 
  9 
  

   (Carney); 
  Avalon 
  VII, 
  4 
  (Kp) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst 
  VH, 
  21 
  (Ds). 
  The 
  larva 
  

   feeds 
  on 
  hackberry. 
  

  

  Family 
  ERYCINID^. 
  

  

  The 
  forelegs 
  in 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  aborted, 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  complete. 
  The 
  

   family 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  one 
  at 
  best, 
  and 
  has 
  only 
  a 
  single 
  representative 
  in 
  the 
  

   State. 
  It 
  was 
  called 
  "Lemoniidse" 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  edition. 
  

  

  