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CATALOGUE OF THE 



Flint's Ed., p. 280, (1862); Saunders, Can. Ent., 



V, pp. 4-S, f. 1-5, (1873); W. H. Edwds., 1. c., p. 



9, (1873); Mead, Wheeler's Eep., V, p. 750, (1875). 

 Danais Archippe, Godt., Ene. Meth., IX, p. 184, 



(1819). 

 Anosia Megalippe, Hub., Sam. Exot. Schmett., II, 



(1806-1824). 

 Anosia Menippe, Hub., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p. 16, 



(1816). 



-, Petiver, Mus., 52, n. 527 



1703). 



Cateisby, Nat. Hist, Car. 



(1696- 

 [I, p. 88, 



Apalachico- 



la, Florida. 



Baltimore, 



Md. 



t. 88, (1743). 



Var. a. Generally smaller. Ground colour dull, much suffused 

 with black, especially on primaries, 



Jab. b. (^ Black marginal band destitute of all white spots ; the white 

 spots of subapical band minute, almost obsolete. Mus. Streck. 



Var. C. Not bright ; more the colour of Berenice, but not so dark. 



4^lb. d. <-? Ground colour on both surfaces of right hand primary 

 pure white. Analogous examples of this partial albinism 

 are not unfrequent among the copper Lyaenidse. Mus. Streck. 



Larva, on various species of milkweed (Asclepias) ; 

 also on bitter root (Apocynum AndroscBmifoliuiri). 



Catesby's figure, which is cited by Linn, in the Syst. Nat., Ed. 

 X, and other editions, also in Mus. Lud. Ulr., is, though 

 crude, a fair representation in form and colour, and is the 

 earliest reliable figure I have been able to examine of our 

 species. Under Plexippus Linn, also cites fig. 5, 6, t. 239, in 

 Sloane's Jamaica. These figures, however, do not represent 

 this species at all, but the upper and under surfaces of D. 

 Berenice. 



I have strong doubts if Cramer's Erippus, fig. A, B, t. 15, in 

 Vol. I, Pap. Ex., represents our species at all, but think it 

 more likely to have been meant for the allied Brazilian 

 Piexuare, Godt., at least to judge by the white which accom- 

 panies the venation of under side of secondaries. 



Perhaps one of the most remarkable occurrences in connection 

 with this, the commonest of all ourN. Am. butterflies, is that 

 within the last few years it has appeared in great numbers 

 in Australia, and bids fair to be, if not already, as plentiful 

 there as with us. It is worthy of some thought, "not that it 

 is curious or rare, but how the devil it got there;" possibly 

 and probably the chrysalis or larva, or even the. perfect in- 

 sect, through commerce was carried from San Francisco to 

 some not very distant point in the Pacific, and in due time 

 from thence further, and so on. 



180. BERENICE, CRAM., (Pap. B.}, Pap. Exot., Ill, t. 205, E, s. ( 'arolina, 

 F, (1782); (Danais B.) Bdl.-Lec., Lep. Am. Sept., . Geonm the 

 p. 134, t, 39, (1833); Morris, Syn., p. 37, (1862) ; i Gul 

 Mead, Wheeler's Rep., V, p. 750, (1875); (Anoxia \\ I 

 B.) Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 246, (1875). Mexico. 



Pap. Erippus, Fabr., (nee Cram.), Mant. Ins., II, p. 

 27, (1787). 



Anosia Erippe, Hub., Verz. Bek. Schmett., p, 16, 

 (1816); (Danais E.}Godt,, Euc. Meth., IX, p. 186, 

 (1819). 



