378 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



As against the cabbage worm the application of arsenites early in the season 

 is indicated. Or poisoned bran may be sprinkled on the head and this will be 

 attractive to the caterpillars, who eat it in preference to the leaf tissue. 



PIERIS Schrank. 



P. protodice Bdv. Lake Hopatcong (Pm); south of the red shale line it is 

 sometimes locally abundant : Mr. Beutenmuller records taking about 150 

 examples in two hours near Camden. I have taken it throughout the 

 season from June to September in Burlington, Gloucester and Salem 

 Counties. The larva is one of the ' ' cabbage worms," and feeds on cruci- 

 ferse of all kinds. 



Mr. Johnson records the variety vernalis Edw. , from Riverton, April 16, and 

 Mr. Carney has it from Camden in May. 



P. napi Linn. — oleracea Bdv. Scarce in the more northern parts of the 

 State: Camden, occasional (Carney). 



The larva feeds on cruciferae of all kinds and is our original native cabbage 

 worm. 



P. rapes Linn. From March to November throughout the State. This is the 

 common cabbage butterfly introduced from Europe and the larva is some- 

 times very injurious on cabbage, cauliflower and other cruciferous plants : 

 methods of treatment have been already indicated, 

 var. immaculata Skinner and Aaron. Riverton, IV, 16 (Jn). 



ANTHOCHARIS Bdv. 



A. genutia Fabr. Occurs locally, throughout the State in April and May. 

 Del. Water Gap, Ramapo Mts. (Bt), Little Falls (Ds), Orange Mountains 

 (Erb, Wdt), Hemlock Falls (Br), Westville, Mount Holly, Seven Mile 

 Beach (Aaron), Timber Creek, Riverton (Jn), Burlington Co. The larva 

 feeds on Arabis and Sisymbrium. 



OATOPSILIA Hbn. = CALLIDRYAS. 



C. eubule Linn. Cape May county, common, in September, and flies north- 

 ward, long distances: it is recorded from Chester (Dn), Ft. Lee (Bt), 

 Newark (Soc), Staten Island (Ds), Little Silver, X (Sm), Long Branch 

 (Edwards), Mount Holly, Atlantic City (Aaron), Camden, VIII, 10 

 (Carney) The larva feeds on Cassia. 



COLIAS Fabr. 



C. caesonia Stoll. Staten Island, VI, VII, 1896 : larva on clover and Amorpha. 

 C. eurytheme Bdv. Mount Holly (Aaron), Camden, scarce (Carney), Long 



Island (Bt), very occasional : larva on clover and allied plants. 

 C. philodice Godt. The common sulphur yellow, plentiful throughout the 



State, IV-XI, aud Mr. Davis records a specimen as late as December 6. 



The larva feeds on pea, clover, Lupines aud allied plants, and while quite 



abundant, has never yet become injurious. 



