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The PiTPiE are angular and tuberculate; the head rather deeply notched. They are generally brown or greyish 

 brown, marked with silvery or golden blotches. The duration of the pupa state varies with the temperature, from 

 eleven days to a month. 



The Perfect Insects appear in the summer and autumn months, some few specimens hybernating and appearing 

 in early spring. In East Florida, the beautiful sunshiny days of December and January prevent the torpid 

 hybernation of most species of Lepidoptera which live through the winter, and, like many other butterflies, Grapta 

 interrogationis is not unfrequently seen in those months. It is only the few cold or wet days of February that prevent 

 its appearance on the wing for a short time. This species is very fond of sucking the sap which flows from wounded 

 trees, especially oaks; and, like many other Nymphalidae, almost always alights on the trunks with its head downwards. 



The Geographical Range of this species is nearly confined to the temperate or subtropical regions of both continents. 

 Two species inhabit Europe, one the more northern, the other the more southern part ; one is found in China, 

 occurring, but very rarely, in those boxes of insects made up in the more northern provinces for sale at Canton. Three 

 species are found in the United States, one in California, and the species figured in Mexico. 



I am indebted to Dr. Boisduval for the loan of the only specimen of this species which I have seen. 



GRAPTA. 



1. Git. C. AUREUM. 



P. C. aur. Linn. Syst. Nat. n. 778. n. nil. 

 (1767). 



Van. C. aur. Godt. Em: M. ix. 304. n 20. 



(1819). 

 P. Angelica Cram. t. 388. f. G. H. (1782). 

 Eugonia Aug. Hiibn. Vera. bek. Schmett. 36. 

 (1816). 

 China. B. M. 



2. Gr interrogationis. 



? P. int. Fab. Ent. Syst. v. 224. n. 243-4. (1793). 

 <? Van. int. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 301. n. 15. (1819). 



P. C. aureum Cram. t. 1<J. f. 1. (1775). 

 $ Van. C. aur. Boisd. et Lecomte, Lep. et Chen. 

 Am. Sept. t. 51. (1827- ). 

 Polygonia C. aureum Hiibn. Vers. bek. Schmett. 

 36. (1816). 

 United States (generally). B. M. 



3. Gr. argenteum Doubleduy 6) Hewitson, t.26 . f. 3. (184S). 



Mexico. 



4. Gr. Hartwegii. 



California. 



B. M. 



5. Gr. C. album. 



P. C. album Linn. Syst. Nat. u. 77S. n. ]C8. 

 (1767). 

 Fab. Ent. Syst. m. i. 124. n. 380. (1793). 

 Hiibn. Samtnl. Europ. Schmett. Pap. f. 92, 

 93. (1806). 

 Polygonia C. album Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 



36. (1816). 

 Vanessa C. album Godt. Ene. M. ix. 302. n. 17. 



(1819). 

 Europe, especially the northern and middle parts. 



B. M. 



I'. (Jk. Comma. 



Vanessa Comma Harris, Report, 221. (1841). 

 United States ( N. States), Canada, Hudson's Bay. 



B. M. 



7. Gr. Progne. 



P. Pr. Cram. t. 5. f. E. F. (1775). 



Fab. Ent. Syst. ill. i. 124. n. 379. (1793). 

 Polygonia Progne Hiibn. Verz. bek. Schmett. 36. 



(1816). 

 Van. Pr. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 304. n. 19. (1819). 

 Boisd. et Lecomte, Icon. Lep. et Chen. Am. 

 Sept. t. 50. f. 56. (1827). 

 Grapta C. argenteum Kirby, Fauna Bor. Am. 

 t. 3. f. 6, 7. (1S37). 

 Hudson's Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, United States 

 (N. States). B. M. 



3. Gr. Egea. 



P. Egea Cram. t. 78. f. C. D. (1775). 



P. V. album Esper, Schmett. t. 52. cont. 2. f. 1. 



(1777-1805). 

 P. J. album Esper, Schmett. t. 95. cont. 50. f. 4. 



(1777-1805). 

 P. triangulum Fab. Ent. Syst. in. i. 125. n. 381. 



(179-3). 

 P. L. album Hiibn. Samtnl. Europ. Schmett. Pap. 



f. 90, 91- (1806-27). 

 Van. L. alb. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 303. n. 18. 



(1819). 

 Variety Papilio F. album Fab. Ent. Syst. in. i. 



140. n. 431. (1793). 

 Van. F. alb. Godt. Enc. M. ix. 302. n. lfi. 



(1S19). 

 Polygonia I. alb. Hiibn. Verz. belt. Schmett. 36. 



(1816). 

 Middle and Southern Europe. B. M. 



December, 1 848. 



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