100 NORTH AMERICAN BL'TTERFIJES. 



237. LIMENITIS URSULA Fab. 

 Blue-banded Butterfly. 



Similar to the type L. arthemis, but differs in the absence of the 

 white band on both wings, and the reddish orange spots on the hind 

 wings. Expands 2.7 i] to 3.10. Habitat, Atlantic States, Mississippi 

 Valley, Kansas, and Ontario. (For form pros erpina see appendix. ) 



237a, LiMENiTis Ursula arizonensis. Differs from the type in 

 having fore wing much produced, as are also the hind pair. The mar- 

 ginal spots on fore wings are restricted to a single series, there being no 

 trace of sub-marginal markings. The hind wings have two rows along 

 the margin, the outer small. Habitat, Arizona. 



238. LIMENITIS ARTHEMIS Dru. 

 White-banded Butterfly. 

 Plate VII, 2. 

 Size, medium. Above; dark brown, both wings crossed by a wide 

 band of white, with two white spots in apex of fore wmgs. Without the 

 white band on the hind wings is a line of metallic green spots, on each 

 of which rests a spot of reddish orange. There is a double sub-marginal 

 series of metallic green crescents, most distinct on hind wings. Be- 

 neath, reddish with the markings repeated, but the orange spots are en- 

 larged, the greenish line that precedes them is absent, and they are in 

 a dark brown field. There is an additional reddish orange sub-marginal 

 band on fore wing. In the central cell are two black-encircled reddish 

 orange spots, with greenish and bluish markings, in the interspaces, 

 near base of hind wings, are three black-ringed reddish spots, with a 

 greenish spot inside them. Expands 2.oOto.3.10. Habitat, Northern 

 United States, British America, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, 

 and Nova Scotia. Both this species and the preceding occur in July. 



239. LIMENITIS WEIDEMEYERH Edw. 

 Weidemeyer's Butterfly. 

 Size, large. Differs from the type L. arthemis in absence of any 

 greenish above, in the white band being more divided into spots and nar- 

 rower on fore wings, in the spots in apex of fore wings being larger, see 

 Fig. 34, b, and in there being an extra band of small white spots near 

 outer margin of both wings. Beneath, the markings are repeated but 

 enlarged. There are indications of the reddish markings in the central 

 cell of fore wings, and the basal portion of the hind wings is overwashed 

 with whitish, cut by the black veins and banded with black at the base 



