AMERICAN MACROLEPIBOPTERA NORTH OF MEXICO. 



LOT 



Texas ; Mex- 



ico 

 Am. 



Cent. 



Papilio Gilippus, Abb. Smith, (nee Cram., t.6,f."C, D), 



Ins. Ga., I, t. 7, (1797); (Danais <?.) Kirby, Cat., 



p. 7, (1871). 



, Sloane, Jamaica, II, p. 214, n. VIII, 



t, 239, f. 5, 6, (1725). 



Larva on milkweed (Asclepias}. 

 var. a. STRIGOSA, BATES, Ent. Mon. Mag., I, p. 32, 



(1864); (Anosia S.) Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 246, 



(1875). 

 Dan. Gilippus var. Strigosa, Kirby, Cat., p. 7, (1871). 



Differs only in that on upper surface of secondaries the veins 

 as far as to the black margin are narrowly edged with ob- 

 scure whitish grey. 



Vincetoxici, (Limnasferruginm et Anosia), of Hubner is not our 

 species, but the Gilippus of Cram., a S. Am. insect paler in 

 colour and with more white spots. 



GENUS 2. CERATINIA, FABR. 



181. LYCASTE, FABR,, (Pap. L.), Ent, Syst,, III, 1, p. 161,! Los Angelos, 

 (1793) ; (Ceratinia L.} Reak., Proc. Ent, Soc., Phil., | California. 

 V, p. 218-219, (1865) ; (Dynothea L.} 1. c., p. 222 ; 

 (Ithomia L.) Kirby, Cat, p. 26, (1871) ; (Dynothea 

 L.} Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 246, (1875). 

 Jvar. a, XEGRETA, EEAK., Proc. Ent, Soc., Phil., V, p. 220, j 

 (1865); (Ithomia N.) Kirby, Cat,, p. 26, (1871); 

 (Dynothea N.) Scud., Buff. Bull., II, p. 247, (1875). 



Differs principally from the type form in the presence of a 

 black spot in end of cell of secondaries. 



This var. is close to var. Panamensis, Bates, but differs from it 

 in the presence of the black in middle cell of secondaries and 

 in the absence of the three white submarginal spots on same. 



GENUS 3. MECHANITIS, FABR. 



J182. CALIFORNIA, REAR., Proc. Ent, Soc., Phil., V, p. 223, 

 (1865); Kirby, Cat., p. 24, (1871); Scud., Buff'. 

 Bull., IT, p. 247, (1875). 



FAMILY VII. HELICON I IKE. 

 GENUS 1. HELICONIUS, LATE. 



183. CHARITHONIA, LINN., (Pap. C.), Syst. Xat,, Ed. XII, 

 2, p. 757, (1767); (Hd. C.) Kirby, Cat,, p. 141, 

 (1871). 



Pap. Charitonia, Fftbr., Syst. Ent., p. 462, (1775); 

 Cram., Pap. Ex., II, t. 191, (1779); (Apostraphia 

 C.) Hiib., Verz. Betf. Schmett., p. 13, (1816); 

 (Heliconia C.) .Godt,, Enc. Meth., IX, p. 210, 

 (1819); Bdl.-Lec., Lop. Am. Sept., p. 140, t. 41, 

 (1833); Lucas, Pap. Ex., p. 95, t. 50, (1835); 

 Morris, Syn., p. 39, (1862); (Apostraphia C.} Scud., 

 Buff. Bull., II, p. 247, (1875). 



, tiloane, Hist, Jamaica, II. t. 239, f. 

 15, 16, (1725). 



Los Angelos, 

 California. 



Florida, 

 West Indies. 



