EXPLANATION OF PLATE II, WITH DESCRIPTION OF NEW VARIETY 
OF LIMENITIS URSULA. 
BY II. II. NEWCOMB, BOSTON, M.VSS. 
Fig. 1, Theda critoln, Ilewit.son, c?, Piitagonia IMt.s., Arizona. (E. J. Oslar.) 
Fig. 2, Lijraena pscu/larr/wlu.t var. arizonen.ti.t, Edw., herinajilirodiu?; Id’tsiile c?, 
right side 9. I Iiiacliuca Mts., Arizona. (E. J. (Xslar.) 
Fig. 3, Papitio poli/xene.t, Fabr. ij', aberrant; lacking the inner row of yellow 
spots acTo.‘s the jiriinarie.s. Albany, N. Y. (J. II. ('ook.) 
Fig. 4, Melilaea phaeton, Dru., (S', aberrant; having but one row of white spots 
across the wings and with the marginal lumiles absent. Milton, Mass. (II. II. 
Newcomb.) 
Fig. 5, M. phaeton var. saprrto, Strecker, c?, (underside). Milton, Mass. (W. 
I). Denton.) I have another from the same locality on which the white is more 
dilfnsed but less distinct. 
Fig. fi, C'o/w.9 /i/uVofZicc Godt. $ aberrant; the primaries lieing melanie. Sharon, 
Mass. (A. C. Sampson.) 
Fig. 7, Limmitis unula var. alhofa.'ieiatn, Newcomb, c?. (Previously figured, 
uncolored. Psyche, Vol. XI, PI. III.) Sharon, IMass. (A. C. Sampson.) See 
description on next page. 
Pdg. S, same as above, 9 . Bedford, Mass. (L. W. Swett.) 
Fig. 9, Chnjsophanu.'i htjpophlceu.'i Bdv. S aberrant; left side normal, right side 
var. fa-iciata Streck. Sharon, Mass. (A. C. Sampson.) 
Fig. 10, C. hypophlaeas var. fasciata 9 , albinic. Princeton, jMa.ss. (L. 4V. 
Swett.) 
Fig. 11, C. hypophlaeas var. fasciata, S, W ellesley, Mass. (II. II. Newcomb.) 
Fig. 12, Phyciodes thaws, var. paekardii Saund. S- Sharon, Mass. (A. C. 
Sampson.) 
Fig. 13, P. thaws. Dm. 9 alliinic. I believe this examjile of albinism to be 
iinicjue in this species. Dorchester, IMass. (II. II. Newcomb.) 
Fig. 14, Limenitis sp. S- This butterfly which has been previously figured in 
Psyche (Vol. XI, PI. 1, fig. 4) but uncolored, may be a cross between archippus 
Cram, and Ursula P'abr. as suggested by Field (Psyche, Vol. XI, ]i. 1). There are 
certainly some grounds for this as.sumption: for instance the marginal row of white 
dots on the upper surface is distinctly traceable to archippus, while on the under side 
