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A request for information upon the species of Kricogonia to which 

 MS. names had been given by me, made by the editor of Papilio, as 

 an aid to determinations in an extensive collection of insects recently 

 made by Mr. S. F. Aaron in southeastern Texas, has led me to offer 

 for publication at the present time that portion of my paper which I 

 had prepared in 1880, containing the Rhopalocera, the Sphingida;, 

 yEgerida; and Bombycida: of the Sennett collections. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



PAPILIONID/E. 



1. Papilio Philenor Linn. 



Hab. — Throughout the United States. 

 Three examples, in the Sennett collection of 1878. 



2. Papilio Asterias Fabr. 



Hab. — Quebec to Gulf of Mexico; Atlantic to Pacific; abundant 

 in Kansas (Snow); rare in New Mexico, Colorado and California 

 in June and July (Mead). 

 Three examples, Sennett coll. of 1878. 



3. Papilio Cresphontes Cramer. 



Hab. — Ontario to Mexico; Illinois ( Worthington); occasional in 

 Wisconsin and Michigan (W. H. Edwards); occasionally com- 

 mon in Kansas (Snow); rare in New York until in 1882 and '83. 

 Two examples, Sennett and Webster in 1877; five, Sennett coll. in 

 1878. 



4. Pieris Protodice Boisd.-Lec. 



Hab. — Atlantic to Pacific; Quebec (Barnston); Kansas common 

 (Snow); Colorado common (Scudder); California common (H. 

 Edwards); rare in New York. 

 Twenty-three examples: eleven in coll. of 1877, ten in coll. of 1878. 



5. Pieris Amaryllis Fabr. Ent. Syst., HI, I, 189, No. 586. 



"P. A. alis rotundatis, integerrimis concoloribus obscure albidis; anticis 

 lunula media nigra. 



Habitat in India. Mus. Dr. Hunter. 



Statura et magnitude P. Momiste. Alae omnes obscure albse vel potius 

 cinerese immaculatce, lunula sola, nigra, utrinque in medio alae anticje." 



A single example ( 9 ) of this species was taken by Mr. Webster in 

 the 1877 coll. The wings are white, faintly tinged with yellow. Pri- 

 maries broad, costa quite rounded; outer margin almost straight — very 

 slightly drawn in; hinder angle rounded; an oval black spot, a line in 

 length, rests on the discal cross- vein. Secondaries immaculate, 

 rounded at both the costa and inner margin. 



Beneath, discal spot as above. Secondaries more tinged with yellow 

 costally. Exp. of wings three inches. 



