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spot, and midway between this and mesial band a narrower 

 interrupted band of spots ; a spot near the extremity of 

 the cell, and a submarginal row of nearly uniform lunules. 

 Fields ; I have only seen two or three specimens, from 

 Norway, Maine, Mr. S. I. Smith, in the Museum of Compar- 

 ative Zoology ; from Pittsfield, N. H., Mr. Treat ; and from 

 Sutton and Princeton, Mass. ; mine was taken in July or 

 August. 



37. MELIT^BA THAROS Boisd. and Lee. Melitcca Pharos 

 Harr. Meadows and pastures ; very abundant ; June and 

 early July, late August and September. 



38. MELIT^EA PHAETON Boisd. and Lee. Low grounds and 

 open fields ; quite rare ; June ; I have taken the caterpil- 

 lar, just ready to change, upon the Barberry in the middle 

 of May ; does the larva hibernate ? 



39. PYRAMEIS CARDUI Doubl. Cynthia Cardui Harr. On 

 thistles ; common ; May and again in July, August and 

 September ; larva feeds on thistle and sunflower. 



40. PYRAMEIS HUNTERA Doubl. Cynthia Huntera Harr. 

 Same as P. Cardui. 



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41. PYRAMEIS ATALANTA Hubn. Cynthia Atalanta Harr. 

 Roadsides ; abundant at times ; May, August and Sep- 

 tember ; larva feeds on the nettle. 



42. JUNONIA CCENIA Hubn. Cynthia Lavinia Harr. 

 Dr. Harris took one specimen in a meadow in Milton, 

 Mass., on August 19; I have taken a single damaged 

 specimen in a garden on Cape Cod in early September. 



43. VANESSA ANTIOPA Ochs. Everywhere ; very abun- 

 dant ; hybernate in its perfect state and so appears on 

 warm days in early spring and is seen from then till June 

 and again after the middle of August ; larva feeds in 

 company on willows, poplar, and balm of Gilead, strip- 

 ping them bare. 



44. VANESSA J- ALBUM Boisd. and Lee. Open woods ; 

 rather rare, most abundant in the northern parts ; August, 

 September. 



45. VANESSA MILBERTI Godt. Roadsides ; rather rare, 

 more common in northerly portions ; May, July, August ; 

 larva feeds on nettles. 



