686 Nymphalidae 



281 A. antiopa L. Mourning Cloak or Yellow Edge. Very common every- 



where. LI, generally distributed and common, may be found hibernating 

 throughout the winter : Flushing, Mar 26, Ap 7, May 8, Aug 2, Oct 22, 

 Nov 19, Port Washington, Je 26, Farmingdale, Jl 3, Kings Pk., Sep 

 4 (Bell). The ab. hygiaca Heyd. has been taken at Rochester, Albany 

 (Scud), and Morrisania, NYC (Wat). All the year, two broods. Elm, 

 willow, etc. 



Vanessa Fabricius 



282 V. atalanta L. Red Admiral. Common everywhere in the State. LI, 



generally distributed, some years very common, other years scarce : 

 Flushing, Je 30, Jl 23, Aug 18, Oct 5 (Bell). Jl-Aug; Sep-Je. Nettles, 

 rarely elm, etc. 



283 V. virginiensis Dru. {hnntcra Fab.). Painted Beauty. Saranac Inn; Mt. 



Marcy ; Clayton ; N. Fair Haven ; Rochester ; Buffalo ; Allegany Pk. ; 

 Ithaca; Oneonta; Ulster Co; Schoharie; Castleton; Gl overs ville ; 

 Hebron; Bethlehem; Katonah ; SI; LI, generally distributed and usu- 

 ally common : Flushing, May 26, Aug 13, Jamaica, Je 18, Oakdale, Jl 4, 

 Coram, Sep 5 (Bell). Common everywhere, but rarely as common as 

 the other two Vanessas. Everlasting. 



284 V. cardui L. Painted Lady. Very common all over the State. LI : Flushing, 



Jl 13, Sep 13 (Bell). Thistle, burdock, etc. 



JUNONIA Hiibner 



{Precis in part) 



286 J. coenia Hbn. Buck-Eye. Wayne Co, Wiggins; Lancaster (EPV) ; 

 Buffalo; Squaw I.; Newburgh; Bronxville; SI; LI, common: Flushing, 

 May 26, Je 30, Jl 30, Aug 13, Sep 29, Oct 5 (Bell) ; Brooklyn; Jamaica; 

 Newtown ; Corona ; Bellmore ; Rockaway ; Aqueduct ; Orient, Lath. 

 All summer, several broods. Gerardia and other Scrophulariaceae. 



Basilarchia Scudder 



304 B. astyanax Fab. Red-Spotted Purple. General In the southern part of 



the State, replaced by B. arthemis northward: E. Aurora; Cattaraugus; 

 Shandaken ; West Kill ; Catskills ; Schoharie ; Gloversville ; Karner ; 

 Albany; Bethlehem; Stuyvesant Falls; Poughkeepsie ; Pine I.; SI; LI, 

 generally distributed and common : Jericho, May 29, Flushing, Je 9, 

 Aug 2, Sep 16, Farmingdale, Jl 3 (Bell) ; Brooklyn; Gardiners I. Wild 

 cherry, etc. 



B. astyanax form albofasciata Newc. This form is very close_ to arthemis 

 in appearance, and not usually separated from it, but in distribution is 

 associated rather with astyanax. Definite records are : Rochester 

 (Angle) ; SI (Fulda) ; LI, not common: Flushing, Aug 5, 1922 (Bell) ; 

 Glendale (Kch). Part of the arthemis records probably should be 

 credited to this form.. 



305 B. arthemis Dru. White Admiral. Elizabethtown ; Big Moose ; Mt. Marcy ; 



N. Elba (Wat and Coleman); Newcomb; Keene (Wild); Fentons ; 

 E. Aurora; Buffalo; Allegany Pk. (Wild); Rock City; Ithaca; Raven 

 Pass; Hunter; Onteora Mt. ; Big Ind. Val. ; Lexington; Oneonta; 



