PAMPHILIDI; IIVLKI'IIILA I'llVl.AEUS. 1633 



Accessory sexual peculiarities. The iliscal stigma of the male lias been described 

 uiuler the wings; the scales contained in it consist of jointed threads, the joints 

 remarkably short and oval (48 : •'. d ), accompanied, especially toward the base, by spatu- 

 late or subspatnlate scales, or rod-like scales ((! c, e) , the stii^ma guarded at tlio base 1)y 

 faintly two-pronged, rod-like scales (0 b) ; while in tlie Meld Itelow the stigma the scales 

 are long, ovate, with excised outer margin (r. a). 



Caterpillar. Last staf/e (77 : \:^) . Head redilish castaneous, witli a pair of sub- 

 dorsal, wliite streaks, on the summit and the upper part of the triangle white. Body 

 rather pale, grass green, profusely and delicately mottled witli darker green, except in 

 a stigraatal stripe; a narrow, dark green, dorsal line; beneath the stigmata darker 

 green, with a faint yellowish, substigmatal stripe; the first thoracic segment is pale 

 green with a broad, central, transverse, black stripe reaching nearly to the stigmata;- 

 stigmata dark green; legs castaneous; prolegs green. Leugtli, 35.5 mm.; widtli of 

 head, 2." mm. ; height of body, .5 mm. Described from Abliot's original. 



A)wther (lesrrlplion. Head small, smooth, but delicately jiunctuate, dark brown. 

 Thoracic shield dark brown; body fusiform, of a uniform, dull green, and thickly 

 granulated with pale points. Length, 18 mm. (After Chapman.) 



Chrysalis (85 : 3;'). Head and thorax dull green, some of the sutures narrowly dull 

 pinkish; tongue reddish. Abdomen yellowish green, the spiracles and cremaster 

 reddish. Length, 19 mm. ; of cremaster, 1.75 ram. ; height of tliorax, 4.5 mm. ; of ab- 

 domen beyond wing covers, 3.75 ram.; length of tongue beyond wing covers, 7.25 

 mm. Described from Abbot's original. 



Another difsrription. Nearly cylindrical; the head, thorax, and abdomen pube- 

 scent; color pale green ; a black line, interrupted on the posterior segments, extends 

 f i-ora back of head to last abdominal segment ; a lateral black streak on the thorax and 

 a lateral row of black spots on the abdomen; more or less punctured throughout; the 

 wiug cases paler, contracted behind into a subulate point; cremaster stout, splue-like. 

 Length. 13 mm. (.\fter Chapman.) 



Distribution (30: 4). This butterfly is an inliabitant of the southern 

 as well as of the northern continent, occurring as far south as the Argen- 

 tine Republic and even Patagonia (Berg) on the east and Peru (H. Ed- 

 wards) on the west coast; it occurs in abundance in the Antilles and 

 Central America, is found throughout the southern United States from 

 Atlantic to Pacific and in the eastern half of the continent as far north 

 as eastern Kansas (Snow), Illinois (Worthington), Atlantic City, N.J. 

 (Aaron) and the vicinity of New York City. 



The two last localities render it probable that it will be discovered some- 

 what further north along the sea coast and I believe it was taken years 

 ago by Norton in Farmington, Conn. 



It is hardly probable that this insect has ever been found in England, as 

 alleged. It is the more improbable, since the male said to have been 

 found there and figured by Wood has been regarded as the same species 

 as the female figured by Stephens and by Westwood, which it is not. 

 Probably a mistaken etiquette has been the source of all the confusion. 

 The species figured by Wood is an Erynnis, that figured by the others the 

 present species, a common insect liable to be sent to Europe from almost 

 any of the warmer parts of America. 



Life history. Almost nothing is known of its history. Dr. Palmer 

 took poor specimens at Indian River, Florida, at the end of March, Abbot 



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