LIMENITIS I. 



pina in the Heldeberg Mountains, fifteen miles back of Albany, in compan}^ with 

 Artliemlx. An example sent from that locality was Proserpina, slightly banded. 

 A fifth male, taken live miles back of Albany', in " company with Arthemis and 

 Ursula." as Mr. Grey states, also showed traces of the band. It is evident in all 

 these cases that what has 2)assed as Ursula is only distinguished from Proserpina 

 by the absence of the band. Both these types in districts inhabited by Arthe- 

 mis probalily come from the same brood of larvte. With the examples sent 

 by Mr. Grey was a very interesting one of Dis/ppus, considerably melanized, so 

 that there was sufficient approach to the black species to suggest hybridism be- 

 tween the two. 



Mr. Adolph Conradi, of Bethlehem, Penn., writes : " Arthemis is common in 

 Monroe and Pike counties, northeastern Pennsylvania, in the pine swamps. Pros- 

 erjmia I have never taken myself, but a friend took one in Monroe County last 

 summer. This had the white band on primaries entirely wanting, whereas on 

 secondaries it was fully developed. I have been a collector of lepidoptera for 

 the last eighteen years and have taken Ursula in at least twenty counties of this 

 State, but I have never taken one which varies from the ordinary type." 



Going westward. Dr. R. M. W. Gibbs, of Kalamazoo, Mich., writes that Ar- 

 ihemis is not a common species. That Proserpina has l)een taken in Wexford 

 County in the northwest (lat. 4-i ). 



Prof A. J. Cook, of Lansing, says that Arthemis is found in the very north 

 of the State, but is rare, so much so that no examples of it are in the cabinet 

 of the Agricultural College. Prosciyina is found in the middle counties, and 

 Ursula in the south. 



Mr. Charles E. Worthington, of Chicago, has collected extensively for several 

 years in northern Indiana and Illinois, but has not met Arthemis or Proserpina, 

 though Ursula is frequently seen. 



Dr. J. P. Hoy, of Racine, Wis., writes that Arthemis was formei'ly quite com- 

 mon in his neighborhood, but of late 3'ears has become very rare, and that 

 Proserpina in certain localities was numerous ; and he sent me a well-marked 

 example of the latter form, male. 



Rev. J. D. Hulst collected in Minnesota, near St. Cloud, and at Duluth and 

 Sault St. Marie : found Arthemis everywhere, but saw no Proserpina. 



As to the northern limits of Proserpina : Mr. Wm. Brodie, of Toronto, writes 

 that his experience is based on accjuaintance of thirty years with Artliemis, 

 mostly in the central parts of County of York, about thirty miles north of To- 

 ronto. Arthemis was very abundant, but he never saw a Canadian specimen of 

 Proseijritia. 



On the other hand, Mr. W. Murray, of Hamilton, Ontario, says : " For the 



