( 010 ) 



d. Sexual organs not essentially dillerenl from tiiose of clnrhidi'^ onl\- tln' 

 tooth of the penis-sheath is sliorter and the harpe less distinct. 



Larva green, heautifully marked with red ; a dorso-laterai, interrnj)ted, liroad 

 line, oblique side-bands (dorso-froutal — ventro-distalj, a series of ventro-lateral 

 elongate spots, a ventral mesial series of mumte spots and the abdominal legs, red ; 

 a dorsal mesial row of dots and another above the red lateral markings, black ; horn 

 black, pointed. — Food-plant : (iaara bie>niis. 



Hub. Southern jjart of Atlantic district of Nearctic Region : Georgia to Texas. 



iOdwanls, considering the following species to be the true guKrue, described a 

 specimen of the present sjjecies as cin:ai\ 



In tlic Tring Museum '?> larvae, 3 pi;pae, 3 c?(?, 2 ? ? from Texas. 



i").")!. Proserpinus juanita. 



J'ruscrjii/iiix (jaiimr, Clemens {nmi Abbot \- Smith, 17'J7), Jmino. Ac. N. Si-. P/ii/m/. iv. p. 133. ii. 

 (1X50) (partim ; Texas, iv., vii.) ; Morris, Cat. LrjK X Am. p. 18 (18G0) ; Clem., in Morris, 

 Sijn. Lep. N. Am. p. 15:i. n. 1 (18Gl') ; Grote & Rob., Pror. K,it. Sue. Phihul. v. p. 151. 177 

 (1805) {CXem.'s ijniiriie not that of Abb. & Smith?) ; Grote, Bull, linffuhi N. S,-. iii. p. 221. 

 n. 21 (1877). 



Ptenii/oii juanita Strecker, Lrji. Rhop. Ilet. p. 112. f. 13. f. (i (cJ) (18'^") (Rio Grandu) : Kirby, 

 Cat. Lep. Hit. i. p. G40. n. 4 (1892). 



Pro.ierpiHiis juaiiild, Butler, Traii-s. Zoul. Soc. Lund. ix. p. l)3(j (1877). 



Lepiseshi (juurae var. juanita, Grote, Caruul. Ent. xviii. p. 131. sub u. 23 (18Si;); Smith, Traiin. 

 Anier. Ent. .Soc. xv. p. 114 (1888) (two broods). 



($ ? . Differs from gaurae in the forewing being purer olivaceous green, in the 

 Liudwing being brighter orange and having a sharply marked black band ; in 

 the basal area of the forewing below being for the greater part ferruginous-orange, 

 while the basal area of the hind wing is olive-green; in the jjale olive-green (not 

 chestnut or cinnamon-rufousj underside of the abdomen, which is blackish at the 

 base ; and in the forewing being marked below with a black stigma and having 

 no cinnamon-rufous costal aiiical i)atch. 



S. Sexual armature as iu guaroc, but the tooth of the peuis-sheuth as long as 

 in clurkiae. 



Larva red ; two whitish lateral lines, one above, the other below, the ujiper 

 crossed liy oblique dorsal bands which encircle a large dorsal area on each segment : 

 the dorso-latcral line and oblicpie markings vestigial on eleventh segment ; stigmata 

 black; horn obliterated as in proacrplna ixwilj/aco/asciata. — Food-plant: Gaiiru. 



llab. Texas ; Colorado ; Arizona. 



Two subsjiecies : 



a. 1'. juanita juanita. 

 Ptcri yon Juanita, Strecker, I.e. 



Nab. Texas and Colorado. 



In the Tring Museum 4 larvae, 3 pupae, 15 c?c?, 20 ? ? from : Texas, iii. iv. ; 

 ( olorado, Arliotes, 15. vi. The I'olorado is c? a transition to the following subspecies. 



b. J', juanita oslari subsp. nov. 



S ? . The green as well as the orange areas obviously paler thau in the 

 ])receding ; the stigma of the forewing smaller above and quite indistinct below ; 

 fringe of forewing above more distinctly dotted. 



llab. Verde I{., Arizona, June 19U2 (Oslar). 



In the Tring Museum 7 cJc?, 3 ? ? ; type : 6. 



