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collection, c^ Lakeland, Fla., May 1-7, in the L. W. 

 Swett collection through kindness of Dr. Barnes. 



2c?s St. Petersburg, Fla.. March 14, 1914. and 

 Fort Lee, District, N. J. (11. W'ormsbacher) in the 

 collection of the American Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, New York. 



c^\St. Petersburg, Fla, I\Lirch 18, 1914 and in L. \V. 

 Swett Collection through kindness of American Mu- 

 seum of Natural History, New York. 



? <? Fla. (Wm. Schaus collection) and in the United 

 States National Museum. 



d" Rockledge, Fla. March 15, 1918 (S. E. Cassino) 

 and in Mr. S. E. Cassino's collection, Salem, Mass. 

 ? Venice, Fla. and in the collection of Mr. S. E. 

 Cassino, Salem, Mass. 



This species occurs very early from March to May, 

 but does not appear to be common in collections. 

 The genitalia would seem to indicate rather a differnt 

 origin from typical crocataria and possibly may be 

 found among the South American forms. L^n for- 

 tunately, the females that I have seen were without 

 bodies so that is impossible for me to tell whether 

 they show the same striking differences as the males. 

 Walker refers to a species from Florida in his list of 

 the Lepidoptera of the British Museum under cro- 

 cataria, \'ol. 20. Page 143, 1860 and possibly this may 

 be the same species. 



Nothing much is known of the life histories except 

 in some cases the species are double brooded, and as 

 they are all described as crocataria further breeding 

 will be necessary to settle the matter. The true 

 crocataria may occur in Florida as both rufaria, and 

 crocataria occur in New Jersey, but I have never seen 

 «!Decimcns from the former locality. Most authors 

 have given an inaccurate reference to the page and 

 date of crocataria in the "Supplement Fnlomolgirc 

 Systematica?.'' According to copies in the Boston 

 Society of Natural History beloging to Thaddeus 

 Harris and in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Cambridge. Mass. The description was published 

 on Page 450 (not 146) and in 1798 instead of 1794. 



