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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  FENISECA 
  Grt. 
  

  

  F. 
  tarquinius 
  Fab. 
  Occurs 
  throughout 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  is 
  local 
  and 
  nowhere 
  

   common. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  few 
  predatory 
  caterpillars 
  and 
  feeds 
  

   on 
  "Schizoneura 
  tessellata," 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  woolly 
  lice 
  on 
  alder. 
  It 
  is 
  

   found 
  throughout 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Beutenmuller 
  records 
  three 
  

   broods. 
  

  

  CHRYSOPHANUS 
  Doubl. 
  

  

  C. 
  thoe 
  Bd. 
  — 
  Lee. 
  Local 
  and 
  not 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   State; 
  Schooley's 
  Mt. 
  (Aaron) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  VI, 
  12, 
  VIII, 
  3 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Newark 
  

   district 
  IX 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Secaucus, 
  on 
  salt 
  meadows 
  (Sb) 
  ; 
  Elizabeth 
  IX 
  

   (Bz); 
  Staten 
  Island 
  VI, 
  20, 
  IX, 
  12 
  (Ds). 
  Mr. 
  Beutenmuller 
  records 
  

   two 
  broods, 
  VI 
  and 
  VII 
  and 
  VIII 
  and 
  IX. 
  The 
  larva 
  on 
  "Polygonum" 
  

   and 
  "Rumex." 
  

  

  C. 
  epixanthe 
  Bd. 
  — 
  Lee. 
  Newark 
  1 
  specimen 
  (Erb); 
  Jamesburg 
  VII, 
  4 
  

   (div); 
  DaCosta 
  (Aaron); 
  Brown's 
  Mills 
  Jc. 
  VI, 
  17 
  (Dke) 
  ; 
  Lakehurst, 
  

   common 
  in 
  swamps 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  cranberry 
  plants 
  (Ds). 
  

  

  C. 
  hypophlaeus 
  Bdv. 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  October. 
  

   This 
  is 
  the 
  common 
  little 
  copper 
  butterfly 
  that 
  flutters 
  about 
  in 
  fields 
  

   everywhere; 
  the 
  larvge 
  on 
  sorrel 
  and 
  clover, 
  but 
  never 
  in 
  injurious 
  

   numbers. 
  

  

  LYCAENA 
  Fab. 
  

  

  L. 
  ladon 
  Cram, 
  (pseudargiolus 
  Bd. 
  — 
  Lee.) 
  Common 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   State, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  local. 
  The 
  forms 
  "lucia" 
  Kirby, 
  "marginata" 
  

   Edw., 
  and 
  "violacea" 
  Edw., 
  occur 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May; 
  the 
  forms 
  

   "neglecta" 
  Edw., 
  and 
  "pseudargiolus 
  Bd. 
  — 
  Lee, 
  are 
  found 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  summer 
  and 
  until 
  September. 
  According 
  to 
  Beutenmuller 
  the 
  

   winter 
  form 
  lays 
  eggs 
  in 
  the 
  flower 
  of 
  dog-wood, 
  "Cornus 
  florida;" 
  

   the 
  following 
  brood 
  oviposits 
  on 
  the 
  flower 
  stem 
  of 
  black 
  snake-root 
  

   "Cimicifuga 
  racemosa"; 
  the 
  fall 
  brood 
  occurs 
  on 
  "Actinomeris." 
  

   Other 
  recorded 
  food 
  plants 
  are 
  wild 
  bean, 
  "Apios 
  tuberosa," 
  "Spiraea," 
  

   "Ceanothus 
  americana" 
  and 
  "Ilex." 
  

  

  L. 
  comyntas 
  Gdt. 
  The 
  commonest 
  of 
  our 
  little 
  blues, 
  occuring 
  every- 
  

   where 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  September. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  broods 
  during 
  the 
  

   season, 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  clover, 
  "Lespedeza," 
  "Desmodium" 
  and 
  "Pha- 
  

   seolus." 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  species, 
  "couperii" 
  Grt., 
  and 
  "scudderii" 
  W. 
  H. 
  Edw., 
  recorded 
  

   in 
  the 
  last 
  edition 
  as 
  probably 
  occuring 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  

   actually 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  thorough 
  collecting 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   and 
  are 
  therefore 
  omitted. 
  

  

  