107U THK BU 1 TKRKMES OF NEW KN(iLANI). 



blotchefl delicately witli f ii.scoiis. doUhiir^ of wliicli _i;iMiorally occiii' also on the whole of 

 the body ; there is a dusky dorsal line, and llie conical frontal projection is at least tipped 

 with dnsky when the body is otherwise wholly ilevoid of dusky niarkinjis, and when 

 these are present it is almost wholly dusky, especially on the back. There is always 

 a more decided collecting of dusky dots along the ventral line of the abdomen, es- 

 pecially near the wings. Length, I'J mm. ; breadth, 4 mm. 



'•Some chrysalids are quite largely sprinkled with brown dots and patches over whole 

 anterior part, including wing cases, and the keel is brown. Two chrysalids bred in 

 September, 1880, differed from all the rest in that they were black or black-brown ; 

 the anterior parts darkest; one of these had the posterior part of the ventral promi- 

 nence, beyond the wing cases, dull green; both had the two pairs of spots above 

 mesonotum white. I thought it probable that these chrysalids were diseased, but both 

 gave imagos in no way differing from tlie usual form. Duration of the chrysalis stage 

 In .July and August 8 days." Edwards (Can. ent.. xiii : ii2-63). 



Greographical distribution (26: I). Tlie distrihiit ion of tliis butterfly 

 is very similar iiuleed to that of Tcrias lisa. In tiic sontli it is rccortled as 

 one of the commonest butterflies; "tlironjjlioiit the entire summer it 

 swarms in myriads," says Grote, writing from Alabama. The only excep- 

 tion to this description is foiuid in Abbot's nianusci-ipt where lie says it is 

 "not common'" in Georgia. The butterfly is found from the Atlantic to 

 the Pacific and in most of the states soutli of Lat. 40°. In the south it is 

 abundant as far as the Gulf, lias been brought from Key West by May- 

 ard and Palmer, is common in Texas to its extremest boundary (Aaron, 

 Lintner), and south of our own country occurs abundantly in C'uba 

 (Gundlach, Wright), and on the continent through Mexico (Palmer. 

 Salle), to Guatemala (Van Patten), and Chiapas (Reakirt). Specimens 

 in Boisduval's collection arc even stated to come from Brazil. It occurs 

 throughout the Mississippi valley as far north as Racine, where it is "acci- 

 dental'' (Hoy), and west of that and north of Arkansas it is found in cen- 

 tral Illinois (Barnes), northern Illinois ( Worthington), Iowa (Chicago 

 Museiun), Missouri (Museum Micliigan University, Cambridge Museiuii), 

 eastern Kansas "common" (Snow), Colorado (Nash, Reakirt). South 

 of the higher Rocky Mountains it is found still further west ; thus it is 

 reported from New Mexico (Snow), Arizona (Morrison, Mead, Doll), 

 and even southern California, — San Diego and Kern Counties (H. Ed- 

 wards). Easterly it is found common in the southern half of the AUegha- 

 nian fauna. Doubleday states that it flies "in profusion" in Illinois and 

 Ohio, and Kirtland says that in Ohio it is "occasionally found in the val- 

 ley of the Mahoning River and is abundant at Columbus and Dayton,'' but 

 he had never observed it in the vicinity of Cleveland, Saunders says it is 

 occasionally found in western Ontario. It is "usually common" in Mary- 

 land (Uhler), "common" at Philadelphia (Blake), and found at Ruther- 

 ford Park, N. J. (Meyer). Davis reports that it was common on Staten 

 Island in 1880, but was not observed before nor has it been since. It is 

 reported by several observers from Long Island (Graef, Akhurst, Tcppcr), 

 and at Newburgh, N. Y. by Miss Morton. 



