﻿4i8 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  replaced 
  the 
  native 
  species. 
  The 
  larva 
  is 
  always 
  abundant 
  on 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  very 
  injurious 
  to 
  cabbage, 
  cauliflower 
  and 
  other 
  crucifer- 
  

   ous 
  plants. 
  It 
  is 
  kept 
  in 
  check 
  by 
  applications 
  of 
  arsenical 
  poisons. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  176. 
  — 
  The 
  cabbage 
  butterfly, 
  Picris 
  rafxB 
  : 
  a, 
  female 
  

   adult; 
  b, 
  egg 
  from 
  top 
  and 
  side; 
  c, 
  larva; 
  d, 
  chry- 
  

   salis: 
  a, 
  c 
  and 
  d 
  slightly 
  enlarged; 
  h, 
  greatly 
  

   enlarged. 
  

  

  var. 
  immaculata 
  Sk. 
  & 
  Aaron. 
  Riverton 
  IV, 
  16 
  (Jn) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  V, 
  2 
  

   (Gr). 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  spring 
  form 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  much 
  reduced 
  or 
  

   wanting, 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  mistaken 
  for 
  "oleracea." 
  

  

  ANTHOCHARIS 
  Bdv. 
  

  

  genutia 
  Fab. 
  Local, 
  throughout 
  the 
  State 
  in 
  April 
  and 
  May. 
  Del. 
  

   Water 
  Gap, 
  Ramapo 
  Mts. 
  (Bt) 
  ; 
  Great 
  Notch 
  V, 
  7, 
  Little 
  Falls 
  V, 
  

   14 
  (Ds) 
  ; 
  Paterson 
  IV, 
  27-V, 
  20, 
  eggs 
  on 
  "Arabis 
  lyrata" 
  V, 
  11-18, 
  

   larvae 
  V, 
  19-VI, 
  26 
  (Gr) 
  ; 
  Orange 
  Mt. 
  Dist. 
  (div); 
  Westville, 
  Mt. 
  

   Holly, 
  7-mile 
  beach 
  (Aaron) 
  ; 
  Timber 
  Creek, 
  Riverton 
  ( 
  Jn) 
  ; 
  Laurel 
  

   Springs 
  IV, 
  29 
  (Hoyer). 
  The 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  "Arabis" 
  and 
  "Sisym- 
  

   brium." 
  

  

  CATOPSILIA 
  Hbn. 
  

  

  eubule 
  Linn. 
  Occasionally 
  common 
  in 
  September 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  sea- 
  

   shore 
  counties 
  and 
  flies 
  northward 
  for 
  long 
  distances. 
  It 
  is 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  Chester 
  (Dn), 
  Ft. 
  Lee 
  (Bt), 
  Newark 
  (div), 
  Staten 
  Island 
  (Ds), 
  

   and 
  many 
  points 
  to 
  the 
  southward. 
  It 
  is 
  our 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  

   largest 
  butterfly 
  of 
  this 
  family, 
  and 
  the 
  larva 
  feeds 
  on 
  "Cassia," 
  

   which 
  is 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  Cape 
  May 
  County. 
  

  

  