LIMENITIS II, 



LIMENITIS WEIDEMEYERII. 1—4. 



Limenifis Wt^idimfi/frii, EJwarJs, Proc. Acad. Xut. Sei. Phil. IStil. 



IMale. Expands 2.6 inches. 



Upper side l)ro\vnisli-black witli a hroad, eonunon, wliite band a little beyond 

 the middle of wings, bent towards t-osta cm priinarit's and tapering posteriorly on 

 secondaries, divided into long spots by the black nervnres ; ontside the band, on 

 secondaries, a row of fnlvous spots more or less obsolete ; on both wings a submar- 

 ginal series of small white spots, minnte or obsolete on secondaries ; anterior to 

 these, on costal margin of primaries, a sliort, transverse row of four white spots, 

 the second from costa largest, the fourth minute. 



Under side paler with the band and costal spots as above ; the fulvous spots 

 on secondaries large; a common, '^ul)-marginal series of large lunules, (bluish- 

 white except towards apex, .vhere tlie inner portion is white,) cut transversely and 

 unequally by a crenated black line that is parallel to the margin ; on primaries a 

 ferruginous bar upon the arc, followed within the cell successively by blue atoms, 

 a bluish-white bar, ferruginous patch, and the blue atoms near base ; costa ferru- 

 ginous ; on secondaries, the entire abdominal margin up to median and the costa 

 next base. l)luish-white, the nervnres being heavy and black ; rest of basal space 

 between costal and median blue-grey, crossed irregularly by black stripes. 



Body above black, abdomen beneath white, with a wdiite stripe laterally ; 

 legs bkick, white on under side ; palpi white, black above ; antenme and club black. 



Female. Expands 3 inches ; similar in colors and markings to male. 



Larva unknown. 



Found in Colorado ; common in vicinity of Pike's Peak, according to Mr. 

 Ridings, who collected in that region in 1864. 



