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36 (217.) GRAPTA PROGNE, Cram. The Progne Butterfly. 

 Vanessa progne, Harris, Ins. Inj., 1862, 301. 



Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 56. 

 Grapta progne, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 190, fig. 53. 



Blatchley, Ind. Farmer, 1886, Nov. 20. 

 Polygonia progne, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, 1, 362; 



III, pis. 3, 16, 19, 64, 74, 83. 



Grapta c-argenteum, Packard, Guide, 1883, 260, fig. 188. 

 This small Grapta has been taken in six counties in different portions 

 of the State, but is scarce wherever found. In midsummer it frequents 

 rocky ledges and shaded ravines, but in autumn it is more often found 

 along the margins of dense woods. When disturbed it, as well as the 

 two preceding members of the genus, has the habit of making a short 

 circuit and flying back to the self-same spot from whence it was started. 

 Food plants gooseberry, currant, blackberry and elm. 



37. (218.) GRAPTA j ALBUM, Bd.-Lec. The White J. Butterfly. 



Vanessa j-attwm, Harris, Ins. Inj., 1862, 298. 



Morris, Lep. N. A. , 1862, 56. 

 Grapta j-album, French, But. E. U. S., 1886, 192. 

 Eugonia j-albiim, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, I, 



379 ; HI, pis. 3, 20, 83. 



Vanderburgh, Decatur and Lake. Rare in the three counties. Bor- 

 ders of thickets and along streams during July and August. Hibernates 

 as imago. Food plant unknown. Vanderburgh County is, up to the 

 present, the most southern station at which j-album has been taken. 



VANESSA, Fabricius. 



38. (219.) VANESSA ANTIOPA, Linn. 'The Camberwell Beauty. The 



Mourning Cloak. The Antiopa Butterfly. 

 Vanessa antiopa, Harris, Ins. Inj., 1862, 296, fig. J21, 123. 

 Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 57. 

 Wood, Insects at Home, 1873, 3'J6. 

 French, Sev. Rep. State Ento. 111., 1878, 153. 

 Id., But. E. U. S., 1886, 193. 

 Packard, Guide, 8th Ed., 1883, 258. 

 Blatchley, Ind. Farmer, 1886, Nov. 20. 

 Euranessa antiopa, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, 1, 397 ; 



III, pJs. 2, 11, 20, 64, 74, 83. 



A common and handsome species often seen in spring as early if not 

 earlier than Grapta comma, as it also winters in the perfect state. It is, 

 however, much more abundant than that species for about a month, after 

 which it disappears, and none are seen till the first of June, when it 



