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upper part of tlic liiiid margin, its convexity downwartl, broadly intcrrnpteil at tlie 

 nervnres witli brownisli yellow ; when shorter it is often made np of four or five sub- 

 Innatc patches, and its general curve is a little greater; besides other little black 

 dashes, which are often obsolete, thei'c is a large longitudinal l;)lack dash at the middle 

 of the hind border, the broadest extremity resting on the edge; the basal wing 

 tubercle is heavily and irregularly marked with black, and there is a transverse black 

 bar on the under wing next the hinder edge of the thorax; the hinder edge of both 

 wings, and especially of the under, is pale orange. The incisures of the abdominal 

 segments are also pale orange. There is a broad stigmatal band formed of alternate 

 <iuadrangular l)lack and orange spots, and a similar but broader ventral band. On the 

 posterior portion of the second to seventh abdominal segments there is a subdorsal 

 row of small, transverse, vaguely defined spots, which occasionally become oblique, 

 diverging anteriorly ; there is a lateral row of broAvnish dots on the middle of the 

 abdominal segments. All the larger tubercles of the thorax and abdomen are orange 

 tipped with black, and have a black edging at their anterior base. All the smaller 

 warts, especially those which are scarcely raised above the surface in the suprastig- 

 matal, infrastigmatal and lateroventral series are black and very distinct. Spiracles 

 black. Cremaster black beneath, above black and white in alternate longitudinal 

 stripes, to near the tip, which is bluish white edged with black; the terminal segment 

 is sometimes black. Length, 12..") mm. ; breadth, 4. .5 mm. ; height of thorax, .3.7.") mm. ; 

 of abdomen, .5 mm. 



By some strange contusion for which I cannot now account, I stated 

 n my revised list of New England butterflies (Proc. Bost. see. nat. hist., 

 xi : 379) that Harris's Mel. ismeria belonged to Charidryas nycteis and 

 not to the present species, as I had said in first describing the species. 

 Both the specimen from Sutton and the description by Harris show that 

 my first assertion was right, Strecker's statement regarding the matter 

 is perfectly correct. 



Distribution (22 : 6) . Data are wanting whereon to base any exact 

 account of the distribution of this insect outside of New England. Mr. 

 W. H. Edwards states that it is found in Quebec, Ontario, New 

 York, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Kev. Air. Fyles records it 

 from near Quebec, wdiere also Air. Bowles has found it, and it is 

 looked on as very rare at Montreal by Mr. Caulfield. Mr. Fletcher 

 writes me that it is also found at Nepigon, north of Lake Superior, and 

 at Sudbury, north of Georgian Bay, and also on the Gaspe coast south of 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and in New Brunswick. Mr. Peabody took a 

 specimen in Wisconsin, and it is catalogued as "not common" in this 

 state by Dr. Hoy. Mr. Worthington has captured it in northern Illinois, 

 and Air. Lintner in Albany Co., N. Y., while it is reported by Dury as 

 "not common" about Cincinnati, Ohio. In this last case I suspect the 

 species is wrongly determined, as it is far south of its otherwise knoAvn 

 range, which may be properly said to lie in a narrow belt westw ard from 

 New England along the 43d or 44th parallel, and probably its proper 

 home would be fairly well traced by the mean annual isotherm of 45°. It 

 has not been reported from the Adirondacks but must certainly occur 

 there in abundance. Air. Jones records it as "scarce" in Halifax Co., 

 Nova Scotia, where Belt mentions captures at Lakes Loon and Thomas. 



