[From the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 

 Vol. XI., February 20, 1868.] 



NOTICE OF SOME NEW BUTTERFLIES FROM IOWA. 



Mr. S. II. Scudder stated that he had recently received a 

 collection of butteiHies made by Mr. J. A. Allen, in Iowa ; 

 there were forty-six species in all, three of which were new. 



One, Chrysophanmt Dinric, was of about the same size as the C. 

 Thoe ; the sexes were nearly alike in their markings; the upper sur- 

 face was of a grayish brown, with faint violet reflections; the prima,- 

 ries had two black spots in the cell, and the hind margin of the 

 secondaries was bordered somewhat as in C. Thoe ; beneath, the col- 

 oration and markings were similar to those of C. Thoe, but the spots 

 on the secondaries were differently arranged. The second species, 

 an Apatiira, for which the specific name Proserpimi was pro})Osed, 

 differed from the species of this genus hitherto found in the United 

 States, in having well rounded hind wings. The coloration agreed 

 in general with that of A. Clyton, but the markings were more dif- 

 fused, the spots more indistinct, and the insect itself much larger, 

 expanding two and two-thirds inches. The third species, Heaperia 

 Iowa, diifered from H. Delaware Edw. in having duller colors, a much 

 broader margin, and a longitudinal streak along the middle of the cell 

 in the primaries of the female. 



