370 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The series here used represent the larval divisions suggested by Dr. Dyar,. 

 and the Papilionides have tubercles IV and V remote, in line, or IV higher ur> 

 than V, the sub-primary setae absent or much obscured after the first molt. 



Family NYMPHALIDiE. 



These are the four-footed butterflies, in which the anterior feet are so much 

 aborted as to be useless for any purpose. The pupae are suspended by the tail 

 alone. 



DANAIS Latr. 



D. plexippus Linn. Occurs throughout the State, May to November, spar- 



ingly before June and after October; larvae on milk- weeds— Asclepias 

 sp., — three broods. 



AGRAULIS Bd-Lec. 



A. vanillse Linn. Cape May, Seven Mile Beach, Camden County ; an occa- 

 sional visitor only : the larva feeds on Passiflora. 



EUPTOIETA Doubl. 



E. Claudia Cram. From Cape May along the coast into Hudson County, west 



to Elizabeth and sometimes common. VII, 1 to VIII, 30, near Waverly 

 (Br), Staten Island, VII-X (Ds), 3-brooded, VI, VII-VIII, IX (Bt), 

 Mt. Holly (Aaron), Jamesburg, VII, 4 (Sk), Camden, Moorestown 

 (Carney) ; probably occurs everywhere south of the red shale : larva on 

 violets, mandrake, passion flower, Portulacca, Sedum and Desmodium. 



ARGYNNIS Fabr. 



A. idalia Dru. Found throughout the State and sometimes locally common. 

 Newark district, VII (Br, Sb), VIII (Wdt), VII, VIII, in swampy 

 meadows (Bt), Staten Island, IX (Ds), Jamesburg, VII, 4 (Sk, Lt) : the 

 larva feeds on violets. 



The form ashtaroth, Fisher, has been taken by Mr. Angelman at Schooley's 

 Mountain. 



A. cybele Fabr. Common throughout the State : Newark district, VII (Br), 

 VIII (Wdt), near New York, VI-VIII (Bt), Boonton, VII (Bwl), Staten 

 Island, VI-IX (Ds) : larva on violets. 



A. aphrodite Fabr. Recorded from points north of the red shale line : 

 Schooley's Mountain (Aaron), Hopatcong, Ft. Lee (Bt), Orange Moun- 

 tains and Newark district (Soc), Staten Island, VI (Ds), Camden, 

 Moorestown, Westville (Carney) : larva on violets. 



A. myrina Cram. Common throughout the State : Newark district, VI 

 (Wdt), VII (Br), Staten Island, V-IX (Ds), Jamesburg, VII, 4, West- 

 ville, VI, 19, IX, 4 (Sk). Mr. Beutenmuller gives V-IX, and suggests 

 that it is three-brooded : larva on violets. 



