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Of the names mentioned above, Hiibner's figure of M. f. argante is an excellent 

 representation of the typical form 5 , his female on the same plate being taken from a 

 male of C. philea. P. cipris (Cram.) 6 represents a female with orange wings, a com- 

 mon type in this sex. Phcebis cypris of Hubner 7 also represents two females — one of 

 the orange form, and the other of the equally common yellow form. The drawing of 

 C. agarithe of Lucas 10 is taken from a male of this species, his female representing that 

 sex of the true agarithe. C. minuscula of Butler 11 , said to be from Cuba, is nothing 

 but a dwarfed individual of the ordinary type. We have other very similar small speci- 

 mens from other parts of the range of this species. 



P. argante is excessively common in all open places throughout our region from the 

 sea-level to an altitude of 5000 or 6000 feet. It is one of the species which congregate 

 by pools of water or wet places on highroads or river-banks. 



3. Phoebis agarithe. 



Callidryas ayarithe, Boisd. Sp. Gen. p. 623 1 ; Lucas in E. de la Sagra's Hist. Fis. y Pol. Cuba, 



Ins. vii. p. 212, t. 15. ff. 4 6, 4c 2 ; Butl. Lep. Ex. p. 92, t. 45. ft. 1-4 s ; W. H. Edwards, 



Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 262 4 . 

 Alis aurantiis, margine externo minutissime nigro punctato : subtus flavescentioribus, maculis indistinctis 



fuscis irregulariter notatis ; anticis linea fusca ab apice ad marginem internum recta, integra, macula ad 



cellulae finem alteris duabus in posticis, his interdum introrsum argenteis. 

 2 alis gilvis, interdum aurantiis interdum flavescentibus, maculis marginalibus majoribus, anticis macula ad 



cellulae finem et linea recta paginse inferioris obviis. 



Hab. Nokth Ameeica, Texas. — Mexico, Presidio, Ventanas (Forrer), Tepetlapa 

 (77. 77. Smith), Ciudad Victoria, Tampico (Bichardson), Cuesta de Misantla, Jalapa 

 (F. J). G.), Cordova (Bumeli), Atoyac (77. H. Smith), Yucatan (mus. Staud.) ; Guatemala, 

 Polochic valley, Central valleys, and Duenas (F. D. G. & 0. S.) ; Nicakagua, Chontales 

 (Belt). — Colombia ; Venezuela and Antilles. 



This species is clearly distinct from P. argante, which it resembles at first sight. 

 The line extending from the apex of the primaries towards the inner margin on the 

 underside in the male, and usually on both sides in the female, is in this species 

 straight and unbroken, but in P. argante is divided into several segments which are 

 not arranged in line. As a rule the male is marked on the under surface with fairly 

 conspicuous markings, but with them we find interspersed individuals which are nearly 

 immaculate with but the faintest indication of the characteristic line of the primaries. 

 These spotless individuals occur throughout the range of the species, and are not 

 peculiar to any definite locality. The females present the usual diversity of colour ; the 

 pale drab of some individuals seems to be more common in the northern range of the 

 species. In South America P. agarithe seems confined to the north-western portion. 

 In the Antilles it is probably almost universally distributed. We have specimens from 

 Dominica, and it occurs in the large islands of Haiti, Cuba, and Jamaica ; it is also 

 found in New Providence. 



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