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The species varies greatly, and that young collectors may not look upon 

 some of its forms as distinct species, I quote the following, slightly mod- 

 ified, from Edwar.ds, loc. cit, p. 97: "They vary in size from an ex- 

 panse of 1.3 to 2.6 inches; in color, from pale sulphur to lemon and 

 bright yellow; in the breadth of the black border from .1 to .3 inches; 

 in the size and shape of discal spot on primaries and secondaries ; in the 

 color of the under surface, and in the row of extra discal spots beneath, 

 from a complete series across both wings to none at all." Hibernates 

 usually as pupa, but sometimes as larva. There are three broods each 

 season, the first of which, in Central Indiana, appears about April 25, 

 the other two in the latter half of June and August, respectively. A 

 few individuals have been seen on the wing, in Vigo County, as late as 

 November 5. 



TERIAS, Swainson. 



18. (86.) TERIAS NICIPPE, Cram. The Nicippus Butterfly. The 



Black -bordered Yellow. 

 Terias nicippe, Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 33. 



Freuch, Sev. Kept. State Ent. 111., 1878, 148. 

 Id., But. E. U. S., 1886, 136, fig. 33. 

 Xanihidia nicippe, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, H, 



1066; III, pis. 15, 26, 65, 76, 84. 



Throughout the southern half of the State, but not .seen by the writer, 

 nor reported farther north than Vigo and Fayette counties. Quite fre- 

 quent where found, and especially so in October along sandy banks where 

 the food plants of the larva, the various species of Cassia, or Wild Senna, 

 are abundant. Specimens on the wing have been seen in the city of Terre 

 Haute as late as November 18, and it probably hibernates as a but- 

 terfly. 



19. (90.) TERIAS LISA, Bd.-Lec. The Lisa Butterfly. The Little 



Sulphur. 

 Terias lisa, Morris, Lep. N. A., 1862, 34. 



French, Sev. Rep. State Ento. 111., 1878, 148. 

 Id., But. E. U. S., 1886, 139. 

 Eurema lisa, Scudder, But. E. U. S. and Can., 1889, II, 1087; 



III, pis. 7, 15, 26, 65, 76, 84. 



Although this little Terias is said by French, in the Seventh 111. Re- 

 port, loc. cit., to be "one of the most conc$ butterflies that flits along 

 roads and over moist places during the sufim^r^end fall in Southern Illi- 

 nois," yet in Indiana it has been noted pnlv- jA l)ecatur, Lake and Van- 

 derburgh counties, in the latter of whjch Mr. [Evans takes "a few each 

 season." Food plant, clover and Cassi*,. 



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