NO. 7 THE GOLD-BANDED SKIPPER— CLARK I7 



In their " Biologia Centrali-Americana " published in 1894 Fred- 

 erick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin gave the habitat of 

 Rhahdoides cellus as the Southern States, Arizona, and the highlands 

 of Mexico. The Mexican localities given are: Milpas, in Durango 

 (collected by Forrer) ; Cuernavaca, in June ; Xucumanatlan ; Omilteme 

 (collected by H. H. Smith) ; Mexico City (collected by Schumann) ; 

 Pinal, near Puebla (collected by F. D. Godman) ; Oaxaca (collected 

 by Fenochio) ; and Putla (quoting Scudder, who gave it as Putta). 

 They published a figure of the male genitalia. 



Eudamus cellus was recorded by H. G. White in June 1894 as 

 having been taken in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1893, and in 

 November 1895 William Osburn recorded it as rare at Nashville, 

 Tenn., where a single specimen had been taken in August ; he said that 

 the food plant is unknown. 



Ellison Adger Smyth, Jr., in October 1895 said that Eudamus cellus 

 is occasionally taken in the watered ravines in Montgomery County, 

 Va., where the wild catnip covers the ground. 



Dr. William Jacob Holland in the " Butterfly Book " published in 

 1898 gave a brief account of this species under the name of Achalarus 

 cellus. He said that what little we know of the early stages is based 

 mainly upon the observations of Abbot, and there is an opportunity 

 here for some young naturalist to render a good service to science by 

 rearing the insect through all stages from the egg. The habits of the 

 larva are not greatly different from those of allied species. He said 

 that A. cellus is found in the Virginias and thence southward and 

 westward to Arizona and Mexico, adding that it is common in the 

 Carolinas. He gave an excellent colored figure of the upper surface 

 of a male. 



In 1900 Alex. A. Girault wrote that Achalaurus cellus is abundant 

 in Anne Arundel County, Md. 



William Barnes in 1900 said that Eudamus cellus is very common 

 in the Huachuca Mountains in Arizona. 



Beutenmiiller in his account of the butterflies of the vicinity of New 

 York City published in 1902 said that Eudamus cellus is exceedingly 

 rare in that region but more common in the Southern States and 

 Mexico. 



Harrison Gray Dyar listed Rhahdoides cellus in 1902, giving as the 

 habitat the South Atlantic States, Arizona, and Mexico. In a paper 

 published in 1905 he said that it occurs in Arizona. 



Speaking of protective coloration of insects in southern Arizona, 

 R. E. Kunze said in 1904 that Amblyscirtes (Pamphila) bellus is 

 usually seen feeding on the prominent yellowish cones of Rudbeckia 



