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Neaspilota achilleae, n. sp. Fig. 3. 



Head light yellow, first and second joints of the antennae also 



light yellow, third joint of a slightly 

 darker shade. Thorax and scutellum 

 light yellow, dorsal portion and the 

 metathorax blackish with a whitish 

 hlooni and pubescence. Abdomen 

 dark yellow, with blackish pile- Ov- 

 [^ ipositor shiny, legs yellow, wings 

 as shown in figure, except that in some specimens there is only a 

 wide costal margin, the short transverse stripe becoming obsolete 

 or wanting Length, 4mm. 



Common on the Yarrow or Milfoil (Achittea millefoliuin) at 

 Avalon, June 30, 1895 ; one specimen, Edge Hill, Montgom- 

 ery County, Pa., July 4th ; also one specimen from. Dr. Garry 

 deN. Hongh, collected by Mr. G. R. Pilate at Tifton, Ga., 

 Jnne 6, 1896. It resembles in general appearance a small N. 

 vernonice Lw. 



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NOTLS ON NORTH AMERICAN DIURNALS WITH SOME 

 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO DR. SKINNER S 



CATALOGUE 



WILLIAM BARNES, M. D , Decatur, Illinois. 



HeUconius charitomus Linn This species, so common in Florida, 

 is only rarely found in Texas and Arizona I have occasionally re- 

 ceived specimens from near Kerrviile, Texas, and from Cochise Co., 

 Arizona. 



Agraulis vanilla: Linn. Occasionally found as far north as Col- 

 orado. 



Argynnis eybele Var. carpenterii Edw. The original types of 

 this variety were taken on Taos Peak, northern New Mexico, and 

 not in Arizona as is stated in both Edwards' and Skinner's catalogues. 

 I have this year received specimens from near Duraugo, South- 

 west Colorado. Cybele, as it occurs with us in the East, I have never 

 seen in the mountainous regions of Colorado, nor west of the con- 

 tinental divide. Typical Ze^o occurs as far east as Utah, and pos- 

 sibly in the extreme western part of Colorado along the line. In 

 the intermediate territory between where leto and eybele fly we 

 find the forms of carpenterii and charlotii, the former more to the 

 eastward, the latter west and north. Charlotti forms a very close 

 connecting link between leto and cybele, and its occurrence in the 

 Intermediate territory is of interest as showing the path along 

 which at some former time the species probably spread across the 

 continent. 



