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18. Euptoieta claudia Cramer. Common everywhere from May to 



Oct. 



19. Speyeria idalia Drury. Fairly common from the middle of June 



to Oct. Distribution general. 



20. Argynnis cybele Fab. Abundant. Flies from June to Oct. 



Distribution general. 



21. Argynnis aphrodite Fab. A few specimens have been seen in 



eastern Iowa. The only dates available are from July 10-25. 

 21a. A. aphrodite, var. alcestis Edw. Fairly common throughout 

 the State, apparently displacing aphrodite in the western 

 half. June to Oct. 



22. Brenthis myrina Cramer. May to Sept. Distribution general. 



Rare in northwestern Iowa, but fairly common in other 

 parts. 



2::. Brenthis bellona Fab. Fairly common in the northern half of 

 the State only. May to Aug. 



24. Euphydryas phaeton Drury. Accepted on the authority of 



Prof. Herbert Osborn ("A Partial Catalogue of the Ani- 

 mals of Iowa," Ames, 1892) and Dr. Stempel. Said to occur 

 in southeastern Iowa. Rare. No dates recorded. 



25. Charidryas nycteis Doub.-Hew. Common in all parts of the 



State. May to Aug. 



26. Charidryas ismeria Boisd.-LeC. May to Sept. Distribution 



general. Fairly common. 



27. Phyciodes tharos Drury. Fairly common in May. Taken in 



all parts of the State. 



27a. P. tharos, var. morpheus Fab. Same distribution. Very com- 

 mon from June to Oct. 



28. Phyciodes batesii Reakirt. Rare. Two specimens which are 



undoubtedly batesii were taken at Sioux City in June, 1909 

 and 1915. The species must be present in the eastern part 

 of the State. 



2'.). Mestra amymone Menetries. A single stray, not dated, taken 

 by Dr. Stempel near Macedonia, is the only record of this 



species. 

 ;). Polygonia interrogationis Fab. Fairly common. June and 



July. Distribution general. 



JiOa. P. interrogationis, var. umbrosa Lintner. Common. 

 31. Polygonia comma Harris. Very common during the warm 



months. Found throughout the State. 



P. comma, var. dryas Edw. This variety makes up a part of 

 the summer brood of comma and is found from June to 

 Aug. 



Polygonia progne Cramer. Rare. Distribution general. Aug. 

 Eugonia j-album Po:sd.-LeC. Southeastern Iowa. Rare. The 



