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(Bowles, Fyli's), Montreal, rare (Caiilfield), Ottawa (Billinffs), London, 

 Ontario "rather cuinnion" (Saunders), and soutliern Michigan "not 

 common" ( Harrington ) . Jcnncr Weir even states that three specimens were 

 taken by Haydon at Moose, James bay, and I have colored the map ac- 

 cordingly, but I am strongly of the opinion that T. icelus has in this in- 

 stance (as is not rarely the case) been mistaken for the present species. It 

 is reported in the Carolinian fauna from West Virginia (Edwards), South 

 Carolina (Atkinson), Georgia ( Brit. Mus. and Abbot) and Florida (Nor- 

 ton), where it occurs as far as Ilaulover (Schwarz). It is also found in 

 Dallas, Tex. (Boll). In the west it is recorded from Ames, Iowa (Os- 

 born), eastern Kansas rare (Snow), Colorado (Lintner), Arizona (Ed- 

 wards) and I have seen specimens from California (H. Edwards), and since 

 the map was printed, Mr. Fletcher tells me it occurs in Vancouver Island. 



In New England it is widely spread but has not yet been found at the 

 White Mountains, although Professor Hamlin has discovered it at Water- 

 ville. Me., it is "occasional" at iNIilford (Whitney) and has been found 

 at Thornton and Dublin, N. H. (Faxon), while about Boston and in the 

 Connecticut valley south of Amherst it has been obtained by many 

 collectors. Mr. Fish has taken it on Cape Cod. It is not so common as 

 most of the other species. 



Food plants. Abbot makes the same statement of this as of other 

 species — that the larva feeds on "wild indigo," etc. Dr. Chapman sug- 

 gested that this might be a Baptisia, but in this instance the plant figured 

 has been identified as Galactia glabella, and it may be that in other instances 

 where Abbot speaks of "indigo" he may refer to Galactia. Abbot also 

 states that it feeds on oaks. I tried a newly hatched larva upon red oak 

 but it refused to eat it, but on the other hand caterpillars which I had taken in 

 the autumn on Quercus ilicifolia and kept over winter produced this butter- 

 fly. A figure of Abbot's I formerly regarded as probably referring to 

 brizo, but which seems to be more probably martialis, was said to feed on 

 beggar's lice and consequently Cynoglossum morrisoni has been quoted as 

 the food of the present species, but probably by mistake. I once enclosed a 

 female over Thermopsis caroliniana but failed to get eggs. 



Haunts and habits of butterfly. The butterfiy frequents moist shady 

 spots and forest openings and is difficult to capture, flying swiftly with fre- 

 quent, sudden movements fi-om one side to the other, but always remaining 

 about three feet above the ground. The female is very fond of violet blos- 

 soms. Jones says it frequents the blossoms of blueberry. 



Life history and seasons. This insect is evidently double brooded 

 in the south, as Abbot bred specimens March 22, April 21, and August 5, 

 the last from a chrysalid which had been hanging for nine days. Harris, 

 perhaps following Abbot, also says that it appears in May and Au- 

 gust, but no other observers, excepting some in the northern limits of its 



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