CATALOGUE OF INSECTS. 373 



L. archippus Linu. = disippus Gdt. More or less common throughout the 

 State, VI-VII ; chrysalis, V, 15 (Br); Staten Island, X, 9 (Ds) ; two 

 broods — June, late July and August (Bt). The larva on willow, poplar, 

 apple, plum, thorn, gooseberry, huckleberry, oak, &c. 



APATURA Fabr. 



A. clyton Bd. Lee. Recorded from New York southward and thus within the 

 faunal range of the species ; but I have no actual record of captures. 



LIBYTHEA Fabr. 



L. bachmanni Kirtl. Local, but sometimes not uncommon : Lake Hopat- 

 cong (Pm), Ft. Lee, Sandy Hook, VIII (Bt), Newark (Soc), Port Rich- 

 mond, Staten Island, VIII (Ds), Gloucester (Aaron), Avalon, VII, 4 

 (Kp), Camden, VII, 9 (Carney). The larva feeds on hackberry (Celtis). 



Family SATYRIDJE. 



These are the wood butterflies, usually gray or blackish, with eye spots above 

 or below, the veins at the base of the wings inflated. The fore-feet are also com- 

 pletely aborted, and the chrysalis is suspended by the tail alone. There are no 

 injurious species. 



DEBIS Westw. 



D. portlandia Fabr. Throughout the State, but hardly common. Staten 

 Island, VI-IX (Ds) ; one brood only (Bt). The larva feeds on grasses. 



NEONYMPHA Westw. 



N. canthus Bdv. Lee. Occurs throughout the State, but not common, VI 

 IX ; Anglesea (Sm), Mount Holly, Jamesburg, VII, 4, Westville, VI, 12 

 (Sk), Camden, VI, VII (Carney), Newark (Soc), Staten Island (Ds), 

 South River (Sm), Lake Hopatcong (Pm). The larvae feed on grasses 

 and, according to Mr. Beutenmuller, there is one brood only. 



N. phocion Fabr. = areolatus Sm. Abb. Seven Mile beach, Atlantic City 

 (Aaron), Da Costa, VII, 17, common (Lt), Morristown (Edwards). The 

 larva is said to feed on grasses. 



N. eurytus Fabr. Occurs throughout the State in and around open woodland 

 and is the most common of our species. It is on the wing from May to 

 August; but, according to Mr. Beutenmuller, is single brooded only, 

 the larva feeding on grasses. 



N. mitchellii French. Recorded only from Dover, in June i Jn , and from 

 two localities in Michigan. It seems to be rare. 



N. sosybius Fabr. Occasionally in Southern New Jersey, Mount Holly 

 (Aaron). The larva feeds on grasses. 



