112 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 



Notes on Rhopalocera, with Descriptions of New Species. 



By Dr. Henry Skinner, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 We have in our lists a number of species which are stragglers 

 from other faunae, and among them some that are supposed to 

 be improperly credited to our fauna. Mr. Edwards, in his cata- 

 logue published in 1884. gives a list of these. I have in my 

 collection a specimen of Papilio cresphontinus Martyn, " Psyche," 

 t. 3, fig. 8, t. 4, fig. 10 (1797). This was taken at Key West, 

 Fla. The species is well figured in the " History of Cuba," by 

 Sagra. I have also recently had sent to me for identification a 

 species of Kricogomia described in the " Biologia Centrali- 

 Arnericana," under the name of unicolor. It is described by 

 Godman and Salvin as follows: Alis Sulphureo-flavis unicoloribus, 

 subtus (praeter dimidio anticarum basali aurantio) pallidioribus 

 et sericeis ; linea longitudinali mediana albida. The specimen 

 came from Comal County, Texas. I have also had direct from 

 its collector a specimen of Vidorina steneles taken in Blanco 

 County, Texas, in November, 1894. Lyccena xerces Boisd., 

 which was supposed to be extinct, has been recently taken in 

 California. I have received a pair in exchange, but was not 

 informed of the exact locality where they were caught. 



Thecia sarita n. sp. — Upperside of all wings immaculate ; fringes white. 

 The hind wings each have a delicate tail about one-eighth inch in length, 

 black, with a distinct white tip which is about one-fourth the entire length 

 of the tail. The costa at ^he base is reddish brown. All wings are a 

 dark purple color like some of our species of Chrysophanus ; this color 

 is brighter in the centre of the wings, the remainder being blackish. 

 There is a projection of the wing at the anal angle which might also be 

 called a tail. Underside of all wings bright green ; the superiors have a 

 narrow, bright, silver stripe extending from the costa to about third 

 median nervule ; this stripe runs parallel to and about one-eighth inch 

 from the exterior margin. The lower half of the superior wing is light 

 gray. There is a similar silver stripe on the inferiors, extending from the 

 costa to the anal angle ; this stripe is swollen in the middle and becomes 

 very narrow, and on reaching the border of the wings bends at an acute 

 angle and runs to the abdominal margin, thus forming a V. There is a 

 distinct border to the inferior wing about an eighth of an inch wide, the 

 inner line of the border being covered with bluish-silver and red scales, 

 the border itself being composed of red scales and spots on a gray back- 

 ground. The projection at the anal angle has on it a round red spot, 

 partly surrounded by white. The purple upperside and the bright green 

 below with the silver bands make this a very distinct and beautiful species. 

 It expands about one and one-eighth inches. 



