274 



PSYCHE. 



[August— December iSJp. 



APTEROUS VIVIPAROUS FEMALE. 



Length 

 Width 



i.o mm. 

 .4 mm. 



Body, small, ovate. Color, dark 

 bluish-green : head, yellowish or green- 

 ish ; antennae, yellowish-brown toward 

 base, darker apically ; eyes, reddish ; 

 legs, yellowish or yellowish-brown, ex- 



cept the tibio-fen^oral articulations and 

 tarsi, which are dusky ; cornicles, yel- 

 lowish or yellowish-brown at base, 

 darker apically ; cauda varying from 

 bluish-green to yellowish or yellowish- 

 brown. Antennae about half as long as 

 body, roughened, as shown at Fig. 21 



six-jointed^ ; joints I and II sub-equal 

 in length, I being slightly broader than 

 II ; III long, slightly longer than IV 

 plus V, but a little shorten- than VI ; 

 IV about half as long as III ; V short, 

 two-thirds as long as IV ; VI longest. 

 Cornicles long, slightly tapering, 

 flanged at tip. Cauda prominent, 

 flattened, with a number of curved hairs 

 along the marg^in. Prothorax with a 

 blunt tubercle on each side. 



Described from many living speci- 

 mens taken on roots of strawberry 

 plants, 7 September, 18S9. 



' Although I :igree with Forbes and Lichtenstein 

 that what is here called the sixth joint of the antenna 

 is really the prolongation of the fiftli, I follow the gen- 

 eral practice of calling it distinct for sake of brevity 

 and convenience. 



CLASSIFIED LIST OF FOOD PLANTS OF AMERICAN BUTTER- 

 FLIES, DRAWN FROM SCUDDER'S '-BUTTERFLIES OF 

 THE EASTERN UNITED STATES." 



[Names followed by an * indicate the plants 

 preference. Those enclosed in parentheses ar 



Oenefs semidea. Cyperaccae, Carex 

 vulgaris var. hyperborea. 



Oeneis jutta. Cyperaceae, Carex oligo. 

 spenna ;* Grami?iecie; {Juiicacetie, Jiincus 

 articulatus). 



Cercyonis alope. Gramiiieae. 



Cercyonis NEPHELE. Griimineae. 



Enodia portlandia. {Urticaceae, Celtis 

 occidentalis) ; Grafiiiiieae.* 



Satyrodes eurydice. Cyperaceae, Scir- 

 pus eriophorum, Carex bromoides ; Grami- 

 neae. 



Neonympha phocion. Grajnineae, Pani- 

 cuni sanguinale, Dactolyteniiun aegyptiaciim. 



for which the species concerned have a decided 

 e exceptional or doubtful.] 



Cissia eurytus. Leguminosae, Tri fo- 

 lium; ^\'v;'/(-/f7ce««;, Xyris torta ; Gramitieae.* 



Chlorippe clyton. Rosaceae, Prunus; 

 Arisfolochiaceae, Aristolochia ; Urticaceae, 

 Celtis occidentalis.* 



Basilarciiia archippus. Rosaceae, Pru- 

 nus, Pirus, Chrjsobalanus oblongifolius ; 

 Salicaceae,* Salix nigra, S. livida var. occi- 

 dentalis, S. sericea, Populus balsamifera var. 

 candicans, P. tremuloides, P. monilifera, P. 

 dilatata. 



Basilarchia astyanax. Rosnccac* Pru- 

 nus, Pirus, Crataegus, Cydonia; Grossitla- 

 ceae. Ribes; Ericaceae, Vaccinium stand- 



