376 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



CHRYSOPHANUS Doubl. 



C. thoe Bd. Lee. Local and not common in the northern portion of the State : 

 Newark, Secaucus, on salt meadows, VII, 4 (Sb), Caldwell, (Cr), 

 Waverly, IX (Wdt), Schooleys Mountain (Aaron), Staten Island, VII 

 (Ds). Mr. Beutenmuller records two broods — June and July, August and 

 September. The larva feeds on smart-weed {Polygonum) and Rumex. 



C epixauthe Bd. Lee. One specimen, near Newark (Erb), Jamesburg, VII. 

 4 (Bt, et als), DaCosta (Aaron). 



C. hypophlaeus Bdv. = americana D'Urb. Common throughout the State 

 from May to October : the larva feeds on sorrel and clover. 



LYOJENA Fabr. 



L. couperii Grote. New Jersey is included in Mr. Scudder's faunal map of 

 this species ; but it has not yet been actually taken in the State so far as 

 I am aware. The members of this genus are the " blues." 



L. scudderii \V. H. Edw. Mr. Beutenmuller records it as rare near New 

 York, and it should also occur in New Jersey ; but it has not yet been 

 actually taken. The larva feeds on Lupines. 



L. pseudargiolus Bdv. Lee. Occurs commonly throughout the State ; but 

 somewhat locally. The forms lucia Kirby, marginata Edw., and violacea 

 Edw., occur in April and May; the forms neglecta Edw., and pseud- 

 argiolus Bd. Lee, are found throughout the summer and until Septem- 

 ber. According to Beutenmuller the winter form lays eggs in the flower 

 buds of the dog-wcod, Corn us florid a : the following brood oviposits on 

 the flower stem of black snake-root {Cimicifuga racetnosa) ; the fall 

 brood on Actinomeris. Other recorded food plants are wild bean {Apios 

 luderosa), Spiraea, Jersey Tea [Ceanol/ius americana) and Ilex. 



L. comyntas Godt. Common everywhere from May to September. The 

 larva feeds on clover, Lespedeza,. Desmodiurn and Phaseolus ; three 

 broods occur during the season. 



Family PIERLDiE. 



These are the "cabbage butterflies " and among them are the most serious of 

 the pests in this series. The butterflies are white or yellow, of good size, more 

 or less black bordered, and with black spots in the disk of the wing. The legs 

 are complete in both sexes, hence they, in common with the succeeding families, 

 are six-footed butterflies. The chrysalis is angular and is girthed as well as 

 fastened at the tail. 



The caterpillars are cylindrical, usually green, often velvety in appearance, 

 without spines or other processes. Some feed on cabbage and other cruciferse, 

 others on clover or leguminous plants generally. 



