. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. li*. 14» J IiSj' •I M,' . 'v'i ^» ^•1^. 482 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW EN(;LAM). Borrago officinalis,—both again introduced plants; and it is reported (perhaps by mistake for its congener, V. atalanta) to have been found on the nettle. Miischler remarks that he has received neither thistles nor nettles from Labrador, and wonders upon what the caterpillar may feed in that inhospitable region ; we would suggest that Artemisia or Ana- phalis ma
. The butterflies of the eastern United States and Canada [microform] : with special reference to New England. Butterflies; Butterflies; Papillons; Papillons. li*. 14» J IiSj' •I M,' . 'v'i ^» ^•1^. 482 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW EN(;LAM). Borrago officinalis,—both again introduced plants; and it is reported (perhaps by mistake for its congener, V. atalanta) to have been found on the nettle. Miischler remarks that he has received neither thistles nor nettles from Labrador, and wonders upon what the caterpillar may feed in that inhospitable region ; we would suggest that Artemisia or Ana- phalis may serve it. In Europe it has been taken upon various species of Carduus, Cnicus,* Onopordon and other Cynaroideae, such as Centaurea bencdicta and Cynara scolymas ; one of the Anthemideae, Achillea mille- folium, and some Inuloideae, such as Gnaphalium arvense, and Filago arvcnsis ; on Echium, one of the Borraginaccae, andonMalva rotundifolia. It is also reported now and then on nettle, but perhaps erroneously, its resemblance to V. atalanta being deceptive. It should, however, be added that its occurrence on nettle has been especially noted in remarkable cardui years. Rambur says that after having devoured Cardrus, Cnicus and Centaurea, it attacks Echium, Ulmus. etc. It seems prefer the Malva in Egypt, being found abundantly on the species culti/ated by the Arabs for medicinal purposes and called by them ^llukheh (pronounted Molochia), while the thistles growing abundantly by the railways are im- touched; since this mallow is cut at various iiu'" during the winter, myriads of the caterpillars are doubtless anuuaily exterminated. Examin- ing one September in the Botanic Garden in Cambridge a whole series of thistles growing side by side, I found that the buttei'fly had chosen almost exclusively a plant of Onopordum, a few larvae being found also on a couple of European species of Cnicus. In Java, according to Horsfield, it feeds on an Artemisia, called Godomollo by
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