. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 414 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CALEPHELIS Grt. & Rob. C. boreal is Grt. & Rob. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Newton, VII, 18 (Wright); Springdale VII, 10 (Gr). More specimens of this species occurred in 1907 than were ever before taken in the State. Family TYC^NID^. These are the blues, coppers and hair-streaks, so named from the colors of the upper surface or the markings of the underside. They are small in size, with slender bodies and somewhat fragile wings. In the male the anterior tarsi are more or less abor
. Annual report, including a report of the insects of New Jersey, 1909. 414 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. CALEPHELIS Grt. & Rob. C. boreal is Grt. & Rob. Del. Water Gap (Aaron); Newton, VII, 18 (Wright); Springdale VII, 10 (Gr). More specimens of this species occurred in 1907 than were ever before taken in the State. Family TYC^NID^. These are the blues, coppers and hair-streaks, so named from the colors of the upper surface or the markings of the underside. They are small in size, with slender bodies and somewhat fragile wings. In the male the anterior tarsi are more or less aborted, but in the female they are complete. The caterpillars are often slug-like in form, the chrysalis is somewhat constricted centrally, and is girthed by a silken thread at the middle as well as fastened by the tail. ^^- '^^J^H^V THECLA Fab. T. halesus Cram. Cape May, Gloucester, Westville (Aaron); Newark (Soc); a southern species of very occasional occurrence. The larva on oaks. T. m-album Bd.—Lee. Atlantic City (Aaron); Orange Mts. IV, 28 (Br); Lake Hopatcong VII, 5 (Franck); also a southern species. The larva on oak and "; T. favonius Sm. Abb. Anglesea (Sm), IX, 1 (Haim). T. m e I i n u s Hbn. Locally, throughout the State, V-IX. Paterson VIII, 3-17 (Gr); Orange Mts. VII (Wdt); Staten Island V-IX (Ds); Elizabeth VII, VIII (Bz); Camden VI, 17, IX, 17 (Car- ney) ; 5-mile beach, VII, 4-20 (Haim); Cape May, IX (Sk). The larva feeds on hop and bean and is two- brooded (Bt). ^. ^, , ,. ^ ,^ ^ i-ig. 174.—1 liecla meliniis; c, adult from above; T. acadica W. H. Edw. Hewitt d, same with wings closed showing under VI (Jtl) ; Greenwood Lake surface; a. larva; b, pupa: all some- VI (Bt). The larva on ^^"' enlarged; ., j^, greatly en- larged. Willow. T. edwardsii Saund. Newark VII, 4, abundant (Br); Newfoundland VII, 3 (Ds); Hewitt VI (Jtl); Jamesburg VII, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally
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