APPENDIX SS. 1853 



This is a rarer species than cither of the preceding; it is also found in 

 Nevada and California. 



Lycirna Oro. 



Lycfena Oro. SrrnoF.i; (\nt!a<l<'x <).), Canadian Entomologist, viii, p. 23 (1876); Buffalo Bul- 



letin, iii, p. 117 (1876). STRECKKR. Syii. Catalogue, p. !(i (1M78). 

 Lyccena Lygdamus, MEAD (nee. Dbldy.), Wheeler's Kept, v, p. 784 (187')). 



Two males at Pagosa Springs. This species is closely allied to Lygdamus Dbldy.. 

 from which, however, it (lifters in many points, which, when taken collectively, enti- 

 tles it to specific distinction. It is one ol' the early species, and the two above were, 

 much worn, and were the only ones noticed. 



Danaia 



Family DAXAID^B. 

 Genus DANAIS Latr. 



Danais Plexippus, LJ.NNE (Pap. P.), Systema Natura\ ed. x. p. 47-1 (1758) ; ed. xii, 1, 2, p. 767 

 (1767) ; Miw. Lud. Ulr. p. 262 (1764). CRAMER, Papulous Exotiques iii, t. 206, E, F. (1782). 

 Herbst. Nat. Schmett. vii, p. 19, t. 46, f. 1, 2 (1794). DKBBAUVOI8, Ins. Afr. et Ani. p. 172, 

 t. 4, f. 1, a, 1 b (1805). STUECKEU, Syii. Catalogue, p. 105 (1878). 



Danaus Plexippus, SAY, Am. Ent. iii, t. 54 (1828). PEALE, Lep. Am. i, t. 7 (1833). 



Papilio Erippus, CRAMKK, Pap. Ex. i. t. 3, A, B (1779). 



Papilio Archippus, FABK., Ent. Syst. iii, 1, p. 49 (1793). ABBOT & SMITH, Ins. Ga. i, t. 6 

 (1797). SHAW & NODDER, Nat. Miss, xxiii, t, 1006 (1790-1813). 



Danais Archippus, BDL.-LEC., Lep. Am. Sept. p. 137, t. 40 (1833). MORRIS, Syn. Lep. X. Am. 

 p. 38 (1862). 



Danais Archippe, GODART, Enc. Meth. ix, p. 184 (1819). 



Anosia Megalippe, HLTHXER, Sam. Ex. Schmett. ii (1806-1824). 



Anosia Menippe, HUBNER, Verz. Bek. Schmett, p. 16 (1816). 



- CATEHBY, Is'at. Hist. Car. ii, p. 88. 



One female, July 8, at Rio Navajo Valley, on upper part of river. One male, July 21, 

 at Pagosa Springs. Many more were seen at various parts of the route. 



This insect is not only found in all parts of the United States and Territories and 

 Canada, but also in Mexico, Central and South America, and in Australia and other 

 islands of the Pacific. Its larva, as is well known, feeds on Asclepias. 



Family NYMPHALID^. 



Genus EUPTOIETA Dbldy. 



Euptoutta Claudia. 



Euptoieta Claudia, CRAMER (Papilio C.), Papillons Exotlques, i, t. 69, f. E, F (1779). STRECKER, 



Syii. Catalogue, p. 109 (1878). 



Papilio Daunius. HEBBBT, Natursyst. Schmett. ix, p. 184, t. 256, f. 1, 2 (1798). 

 Papilio Clausius, HERBST, Nat. Schmett, ix, p. 189, t. 257 (1798). 

 Papilio Nigrosignatus, GOEZE, Ent, Beyt. iii, 1, p. 183, n. 87 (1779). 

 Argynnis Columbina. GODART, Enc. Meth. ix, p, 260 (1819). BOISDUVAL & LECONTE, Lep. 



Am. Sept, p. 153, t. 44 (1833). MORRIS, Syn. Lep. X. Am. p. 44 (1862). GLOVER, Agr. Kept, 



p. 61 (1854); p. 66, 105, t. ix (1855). 



M ales and females at Pagosa Springs July 21 ; somewhat smaller than those from 

 Georgia, Florida, &c. ; otherwise not differing materially. 



Larva feeds on violets, sedum, passion-flower, and May-apple (PodophyUwn). It is 

 found throughout the Southern and Western States, in Central America, Chili, Buenos 

 Avres, and Patagonia. 



Genus ARGYNNIS Fabr. 



Aryytini* .Edicardxii var. Meadii. 



Argynnis Meadii, EDWARDS (W. H.), Transactions American Entomological Society, iv, p. 



67 (1872) : Butt. X. Am. ii, t. 2, Arg. (1875). 

 Argynnis Edwardsii var. Meadii, STKECKER, Syn. Catalogue, p. 110 (1878). 



Examples were taken and seen in some abundance, July 28 to September 1, along Wee- 

 minuche Creek to Rio Piedra, and between the Upper Rio Piedra and the Rio Nutrias, 

 and at the upper part of Vallecito Creek at Needle Mountains. 



This is a small variation of Edu'drdnii KYak, confined probably to Montana and some 

 parts of Colorado. Independent of the small size, the only difference of any note is 

 the somewhat brighter green of under sin-face of secondaries. 



Argynniit Xokomi*. 



A rgijnni* Xokomis, EDWARDS (\V. H.). Proc. Academv Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, p. 

 221 (1862); Butt. N. America, i. t. 4. Arr. (18(58). MEAL.. Wheeler's Report, v, p. 751, t, 35 

 (1875). STRECKEK, Syn. Catalogue, p. 110 (1878). 



Two examples, both females, taken September 15, at the Lower Florida River, in the 

 valley above the Indian reservation. 



