372 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



VANESSA Fabr. 



V. antiopa Linn. Common thoughout the State, and may be found in almost 

 any month. A specimen of the rare aberration lintneri has been taken 

 at Camden, VIII, 4, by Mr. Carney. Hibernates as an adult, and larvse 

 become prominent in May, July and late August or September, the mid- 

 summer brood sometimes defoliating willows : other food plants are elm, 

 poplar and hackberry : as the larvce usually feed in colonies they can be 

 easily destroyed when they become troublesome. 



V. milberti Gdt. Orange Mts. and northward, VI, VII and IX ; Camden, 

 XI, 9, rare (Carney), Audubon, X, 24 (R), Staten Island, one spec, 

 others at Schwartswood Lake (Ds), Schooleys Mountain (Aaron). Larva 

 .on nettle. 



PYRAMEIS Doubl. 



P. atalanta Linn. Occurs throughout the State, sometimes locally common, 

 usually most abundant in September : hibernates and may be found in 

 almost any month. There are two broods ; the larvse on nettles and hop. 



P. huntera Fabr. Common, V-X, and on Staten Island, end of November 

 (Ds). Larvse on nettle, thistle, burdock, sunflower, Gnaphalium and 

 Artemisise. 



P. cardui Linn. Occurs throughout the State, often common locally in Sep- 

 tember. May be found in any month from May to October, but seems to 

 be two-brooded only. Food plants are thistle, burdock, hollyhock, sun- 

 flower, &c. 



JUNONIA Doubl. 



J. ccenia Hbn. More or less generally distributed south of the red shale, and 

 sometimes excessively common in late summer in Cape May and other 

 southern shore counties. It is occasional in the Orange Mountains (Soc) , 

 Caldwell (Cr), Fort Lee (Bt), and in Somerset County. It is two-brooded , 

 and may be found from May to November. The larva feeds on plantain, 

 snapdragon and Gerardia. 



LIMENITIS Fabr. 



L. Ursula Godt. Occurs more or less abundantly throughout the State, and 

 on Staten Island from May to September (Ds). Mr. Beutenmuller gives 

 two broods, May-June, and July-August. The larva hibernates and first 

 chrysalis forms about May 10 (Br). Feeds on apple, plum and cherry 

 among the orchard fruits, also wild cherry, thorn, huckleberry, oak, &c; 

 but not injurious at any time. 



L. arthemis Dru. Local in the hilly northern portion of the State : Orange 

 Mts. (Soc), Andover, VIII (Kr), Chester, VIII (Dkn), Schooleys 

 Mountain (Aaron). The larva lives on willow and thorn (Cratczgtis) . 



var. prosperpina Edw. Is an occasional companion of the preceding. 



