PlERIDAE 677 



Family PlERIDAE 

 Appias Hiibner 



28 A. ilaire Gdt. (Tachyris margarita Hbn.). Lancaster, 1880 (EPV) ; 

 two specimens seen and one captured Je 10, 1906, at Canarsie, LI, by- 

 Otto Mayer, in a field containing an occasional patch of scrub and partly 

 hemmed in by truck gardens. The one captured was on blackberry- 

 blossoms (Bui. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol. 8, p. 45, 1913). Cruciferae. 



PIERIS Schranck 

 (Pontia) 



34 P. protodice Bdv.-Lec. Checkered White. Pittsf ord, Boughton ; Brock- 



port; Buffalo and vie. (EPV) ; E. Aurora {Wild) ; Ithaca; Schoharie; 

 Karner (Cook and Wat) ; Bronx and Van Cort. Pks. (Wat) ; SI, but not 

 in recent years (Ds) ; LI: City Lhie, Brooklyn, and common along the 

 Aqueduct, Sep 12, 1910 (Ds) ; S. Jamaica, Jl 28, 1912 (Ds) ; Long 

 Pond, Wading R., Aug 8, 1912 (Ds) ; East NY, Jl-Oct (Shoe) ; Glen 

 Cove. Two broods. CruciitraQ, especially Lepidium virginicum (Wat). 

 The spring form vernalis Edw. has not been separately recorded. 



35 f P. oleracea Harr. Mustard White. Double-brooded. Formerly common 



and widespread, now replaced by rapae except in out-of-the-way places 

 and open woods. Recent records are : Axton, 1901 ; Speculator, 1901 ; 

 Keene Val., 1907, Not; Wilmington, Mt. Whiteface, 1916; N. Elba, 1918; 

 Wilmurt; Malone (NYS). Last seen at Lancaster, 1878 (EPV). 

 May ; Aug. Cruciferae. 



35i P. virginiensis Edw. Single-brooded. Authentic records are: Potsdam; 

 vie. Buffalo (EPV) ; Slaterville {Fhs) ; Trenton Falls {Fhs) ; McLean, 

 1916-25, still very common locally. I do not know whether this or the 

 preceding species was taken at Brooklyn, 1894, Sullivan Co, 1896, and 

 Jay, 1911. May-Je. Slender Cruciferae. 



Z7 P. rapae L. Cabbage Butterfly. Common everywhere in the open, intro- 

 duced from Europe. Ap-Oct. Cruciferae, especially injurious to 

 cabbage. 

 P. rapae var. immaculata Ckll. Occurs commonly in the spring brood. 



AnthocHARIS Boisduval 



(Synchloe Hiibner in part) 



43 A. genutia Fab. Orange Tip. Highlands of the Hudson, Eng; Greenwood, 

 Tuxedo (Ds) ; Newburgh; Ramapo Mts. ; LI: Canarsie (Blackburn). 

 Ap-May. Arabis. 



Callidryas Boisduval and LeConte 



47 C. eubule L. Cloudless Sulphur. Rochester, rare (Angle) ; Wayne Co, 

 Mable R. Wiggins; Washington Hgts., Crotona Pk., NYC (Wat); 

 SI; LI, an annual visitor in late summer, Aug and Sep, but no breed- 

 ing records on hand (Bell) ; large migrating swarms were observed 

 along the seashore at Massapequa and Patchogue, Aug, 1920 (Eng) ; 

 Yaphank, Sep, 1911 (Wks) ; Bayshore, Sep 25, 1913 (Dow) ; Bellport, 

 Sep, 1911 (Nic) ; Jamaica, Sep 14, 1903, Aqueduct and Rockaway 

 Beach, Sep 14 and 22 (Shoe); Long Beach, Sep 21, 1916 (Ds). 

 Cassia. 



