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of the wing. Expands 2.75 to 3.10. Habitat, Rocky ^Mountains to New 

 Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Nebraska. 



23r)a. LiMENiTis WEiDEMEYERiii SINE-FASCIA Edw. Similar to the 

 type, but lacks the wide white central band. Habitat, Arizona. 



240. LIMENITIS DISIPPUS Godt. 

 BandeTj Red Butterfly. 

 Above, brownish red, margined around both wings and along vein- 

 ings, with black. There is a band of black crossing apex of fore wing 

 much widened above, and enclosing three spots of white, Fig. 34, c, and 

 another, also black, crossing middle of hind pair. There is a small, ar- 

 row-shaped spot of white in upper margin of fore wmg between the band 

 and apex, and a double series, including fringe. Beneath, paler, with 

 markings repeated, but the white spots are enlarged, and there is an 

 additional white dot in black enlargment of margining of central cell of 

 fore wings, (sometimes present above) and occasionally a spot below this 

 and also sometimes one or two at base of hind wings, and along inner 

 margin of black band. Expands 2.25 to 3.10. Habitat, United States, 

 north to Nova Scotia and Ontario, and into British America as far north 

 as latitude 52 degrees. Occurs in the north in July, August, and Sep- 

 tember. This species resembles the IMilk-weed butterfly somewhat, but 

 may be at once known by the black band crossing hind wing. An ab. 

 errent form, possibly a sub-species, has been called pseudodorippus by 

 Strecker. In this the black band on hind wings is absent and the tri- 

 angular band of f jre wings nearly wanting. 



241. LIMENITIS FLORIDENSIS Strec. 

 Florida Banded Butterfly. 



Similar to L. disippus but differs in being deep mahogany brown a- 

 "bove, and but little lighter beneath. And usually the extra wliite mark- 

 ings seen in occasional examples of disippus are present below, tlicse are 

 the spots near base of wings and spots within the black band of hind 

 wing. Expands 2.25 to 3.00. Habitat, Suuthern States. 



I can see no difference between the L. floridensis of Strecker named 

 in 187.S, and the L. eros of Edwards named in 1880, as the range of in- 

 dividual variation in this southern butterfly is considerable, thus two 

 forms become inadmissible and as Strecker's name has priority I have 

 used it. Indeed, with a large series of disippus and floridensis. under 

 examination it becomes quite a serious question as to whether floridensis 

 ouglit not to take sub-speciflc rank after all. 



