PAMPllILIDI: POANES MASSASOIT. 1599 



Distribution (29 :S). Tliis biitterHy is a characteristic iiienibcr of tlie 

 Allcgli;iniaii tiuiiiu, hut has not been found at its extreme nortliern or 

 southern limits. Its western hmits are uncertain, but it is known to occur 

 in widely diHerent localities, as in Ontario (Saunders), Illinois (Walsii), 

 Iowa (Parker), AVisconsin, common (Hoy), Nebraska (Dodge) and Texas 

 (Edwards), as well as Colorado (Edwards). In the east its southern- 

 most reported stations are AVyoming, Pa. (ShurtlefF), New Jersey 

 (Andrews, Graef, Aaron), and the vicinity of New York (Morrison, 

 Davis). 



North of these latter localities it has not been found beyond Albany, N. 

 Y. (Lintner), cxcejjting in New England, where, although otherwise con- 

 fined to the more southern portions and especially to the lower levels, it 

 has been taken at Milford, N.H., "scarce" (Whitney). The eastern por- 

 tion of Massachusetts has furnished more localities than any other, for 

 this butterfly has been found at Belmont (Thaxter), WoUaston and 

 Mahlen (Sprague), Cambridge (Morrison), Milton (^Merrill), Walpole 

 (Guild), Wrentham (Gassett fide Sanborn), and Carver (Shurtleff"). It 

 has also been taken at New Salem (Trask), Amhei-st (Peabody) and 

 Belchertown (Sprague) in the middle of the state and in Connecticut 

 ( Edwards ) . 



Life history. Although tiie butterfly has so rarely been observed it is 

 nevertheless doulde brooded. The earliest a[)pearance of the butterfly is 

 apparently in the first half of June and it continues on the wing throughout 

 this month ; a second bi-ood appears in the second week of July, fresh 

 specimens continuing to emerge throughout this month and remaininnr on 

 the wing until after the middle and probably nearly to the end of August. 

 This seems a reasonable inference to be drawn from the few but rather 

 siffnificant data at command. 



According to Graef the butterfly has a sluggish flight and frequents 

 swampy places ; the latter is also the conclusion of others, who have found 

 it in cranberry bogs. Professor Parker found it in Iowa in great abun- 

 dance in 1884, itt marked contrast to former years. One specimen ex- 

 amined bv me had the pollinium of an orchid on one of Its hind leo-s. 



Desiderata. Besides the doubt concerning the seasons of this curi- 

 ously coloured skipper, we jiie wholly ignorant of its early stages and need 

 detailed information concerning the flight, attitudes and haunts of the imago ; 

 every additional locality will help us to a better understanding of its distri- 

 bution. 



i/.Vr OF ILLUSTRATIONS.— POANES MASSASOIT. 



General. PI. 3", figs. 8, 19. Male abdominal appeudages. 



PI. 29, fif?. 8. Distribution ill North America. 42:. 5. Neiiration. 



Imago. 59:1. Side view of head aud append- 



Pl. 10, fig. 6. Female, both surfaces. ^ ages enlarged, with details of leg structure. 



