246 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [October, 



Rev. John Davis reports Grapta progne, Pamphila accius, Phy- 

 ciodes phaon, Lyccena alee and Pyrgus syrichthus, as taken in 

 Arkansas, and in the "Canadian Entomologist" for October, 

 1894, Hattie H. Warner includes in her list of Kentucky butter- 

 flies Melitcsa phceton, Satyrus alope, Pamphila peckius and Ni- 

 soniades juvenalis. 



The above and other species of contiguous States will doubtless 

 be added to our fauna upon more extended research. 



The data appended to each species have been confirmed, in 

 most cases, by personal observations. The months are given to 

 indicate when specimens were actually observed. The number 

 of specimens observed furnishes the data upon which the abun- 

 dance or scarcity of each species is based. It is understood, 

 however, that the rarity of a species is not always indicated by 

 the number of imagoes actually seen. Last Fall I succeeded in 

 securing a large number of caterpillars of Pyrameis eardui, but 

 not a single imago was seen. Further, a species scarce in one 

 season may be abundant in another. Last Fall Agratdis vanillcF 

 was decidedly rare, while in the Autumn of 1893, it was unusually 

 abundant. 



For assistance in determining doubtful specimens I am under 

 many obligations to Dr. Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, to 

 whom were submitted examples of every species except three. 

 Appended is the list : 



1. Danais arehippiis Fab. — Abundant; March to November. 

 Three broods; hibernates in imago state. Food-plant, milkweed. 



2. Agraulis vanilltz hinn. — Rare: August to November. Two 

 broods; the imago hibernates, and possibly the chrysalis; one 

 specimen emerged January 15th. Food-plant, passion vine. 



3. Euptoieta elaudia Cram. — Abundant; March to November. 

 Three broods; the imago hibernates. Food-plant, passion vine. 



4. Argynnis dianaQxdsa. — Rare. Prof. G. H. French writes: 

 "I have received it from Chattanooga, Tenn." Probably two 

 broods; the pupa probably hibernates. Food-plant, violets. 



5. Argynnis eybele Fabr. — Rare; June to October. Two 

 broods; the pupa probably hibernates. Food-plant, violets. 



6. Argyyinis aphrodite Fabr. — Prof. G. H. French, in his 

 " Butterflies of Eastern United States," reports it from Tennes- 

 see. Two broods; probably hibernates in the pupa state. Food- 

 plant, violets. 



