296 ENTOMOLOGICAL NE\VS. % - [Nov. , '03 



Notes on the Butterflies, of Miami, Florida. 



BY PHILIP LAURENT. 



Now that the time of the year approaches when the eyes of 

 the collecting entomologist turn longingly towards the ' ' Sunny 

 South," it seems to the writer not to be out of place to men- 

 tion what our entomological friend interested in the butter- 

 flies would be apt to find at Miami, Florida, during the winter 

 months. It was the writer's good fortune to spend the greater 

 part of two months .at the above named place February 

 1 8th, to April 8th. As might be expected, I was not fortu- 

 nate enough to capture specimens of all the species known 

 to occur in southern Florida, but the following list no doubt 

 embraces the larger portion of the butterflies that our southern 

 visitor is apt to run across in and around Miami. I have 

 added the species collected by Mr. Morgan Hebard (see ENTO. 

 NEWS for October, 1903), as well as several species collected 

 by the resident naturalist of Miami, Mr. Dickenson. To any 

 of my brother, or sister, collectors who should visit this part 

 of Florida, I would advise them to hunt up Mr. Dickenson at 

 once, as he can and will direct you to the best places in and 

 around Miami w T here you are likely to find good collecting. I 

 have stated in the list such species as I found to be common, 

 and in all other cases it can be taken for granted that the spe- 

 cies were more or less rare. Perhaps at some future time I 

 may give to the readers of the NEWS a list of other insects 

 collected during my all too brief stay at this interesting place 

 in Florida. The following list is arranged in accordance with 

 the catalogue published by Dr. Skinner in 1898. 



2 Danias berenice Cram., com- 

 mon. 

 6 Heliconius charitonius Linn.. 



common. 



9 Agraulis vanilla Linn., com- 

 mon. 



114 Phyciodes phaon Edw., com- 

 mon. 



146 Pyraineis afalanta Linn. 

 150 Junonia ccenia Hub., common. 

 152 Anarlia jatrophfc Linn. 



155 Eunica tatila H. S., common. 

 157 'Pi metes petreus Cram., com- 



mon. 



165 Limenitis floridensis Streck. 

 177 Ancea portia Fab., common. 

 184 Neonymphaphocion Fab., com- 



mon. 



246 Calephelis canriiis Linn. 

 250 Eumceus atala Poey, common. 

 263 Thecla tnelinns Hub .common. 

 288 " ads Dm. 



