THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 201 



A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES FOUND AT MARSHALL, 

 MISSOURI, AND VICINITY. 



BY OLIVER J. STALEY. 



Marshall is the county seat of Saline county, about twenty miles 

 south of the Missouri River and eighty-nine miles east of Kansas City, 

 and situated among woods and fields ; on the west and south open farm- 

 ing country, and on the east and north for three or four miles woods. 



I have been collecting here for three years, and believing that a list 

 of butterflies which are found here may be interesting to others I present 

 this list. 



By vicinity I mean five miles from town in any direction. 

 Danais archippus, Fab. 



This is about the most common butterfly. I have taken it from 

 April to November. D. beretiice I have never found here. 

 Euptoieta claudia, Cram. 



Rare; have taken but four or five specimens. Found chiefly in 



July. 



Argynnis cybele, Fabr. 



This is the only species of Argynnis which I have found here, and 

 usually It is common, but last year (1891) I only saw one specimen. It 

 is here from April to the middle of October, 

 Phyciodes nycteis, Db.-Hew. 



I have taken a number of specimens, but it cannot be said to be 

 common. They are found here during the summer months. 

 Phyciodes tharos, Dru. 



This species is common from the middle of April to October, and 

 may be taken in almost any numbers. 

 Grapta interrogationis, Fabr. 



Both varieties are very common, but Umbrosa, Lint, most so. I 

 have never seen any later in the fall than the last of October, which is the 

 month in which most of our butterflies disappear. 

 Grapta comma, Harr., var. Harrisii, Edw. 



One specimen taken in September near Shackleford, about five miles 

 west of here. 

 Grapta progne. Cram. 



This is found all through the summer, but is most common during 

 September. 



