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Neaspilota achilleae, n. sp. Fig. 3. 

 Head light yellow, first and second joints of the antennae also 

 light yellow, third joint of a slightly 

 darker shade. Thorax and scutellum 

 light yellow, dorsal portion and the 

 metathorax blackish with a whitish 

 bloom and pubescence. Abdomen 

 dark yellow, with blackish pile. Ov- 

 ij:i ipositor shiny, legs yellow, wings 

 as shown in figure, except that in some specimens there is only a 

 wide costal margin, the short transverse stripe becoming obsolete 

 or wanting Length, 4mm. 



Common on the Yarrow or Milfoil {Achillea millefolium) at 

 Avalon, June 30, 1895 ; one specimen, Edge Hill, Montgom- 

 ery County, Pa., July 4th ; also one specimen from Dr. Garry 

 deN. Hough, collected by Mr. G. E. Pilate at Tifton, Ga., 

 June 6, 1896. It resembles in general appearance a small N. 

 vernonice Lw. 



NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN DIURNALS WITH SOML 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO DR. SKINNER S 



CATALOGUE 



William Barnes, M. D , Decatur, Illinois. 



HeliconluH rhnritonuiit Linn This species, socommon in Florida, 

 is only rarely found in Texa.s and Arizona I have occasionally re- 

 ceived specimens from nearKerrville, Texas, and from Cochise Co., 

 Arizona. 



Agraulis vanillas Linn. Occasionally found as far north as Col- 

 orado. 



AryynniH cybele Var. carpenterii Edw. The original types of 

 thi« variety were taken on Taos Peak, northern New Mexico, and 

 not in Arizona as instated in both Kdwunls'arnl Skinner's catalogues. 

 I have this year received specimens from near Duningo, South- 

 west Colorado. Cybele, as it occurs w it h us in the East, I have never 

 »een in Hie mountainous regions of Colorado, nor west ot the con- 

 tfjieutul divide. Typical /«/o occurs as far cast as Utah, and pos- 

 sibly in the extreme western part of('olorado along the line. In 

 the interme<liate territory between where U-.lo and ryhi'le ily wo 

 find the Utrnx^^ot cnrpenUrii Mvi charlotii, the former more to (ho 

 eontward, the latter west and north. (Jharlotti forms a very close 

 connecting link between /e^o and c^M/;, and its w-currence in the 

 iDtermCiliate territory is of interest as showing (he path along 

 which at some former time the vpocies probably spread across the 

 continent. 



