Genus Limochores 



reddish, becoming deeper and clearer red on the costa at the base. 

 The wings on the under side are more or less pale gray, with a 

 transverse series of pale spots on the primaries, and a very faint 

 curved discal series of similar spots on the secondaries. The 

 female, the upper side of which is well shown in the plate, is 

 marked below much like the male. Expanse, 1.10-1.20 inch. 



Early Stages. — These have been described by Scudder. 



The insect occurs in New England and Canada, and ranges 

 westward to Nebraska. 



(3) Limochores pontiac, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 16, $ ; 

 Fig. 17, ? (Pontiac). 



Butterfly. — This fine insect is so well represented in the plate 

 as to require but little description. The wings are pale red, clouded 

 with dusky on the under side, the spots of the upper side being 

 indistinctly repeated. Expanse, S, 1. 15 inch; 9, 1.25 inch. 

 Early Stages.— Little is known of these. 

 The insect ranges from Massachusetts to Iowa and Nebraska, 

 and seems to have its metropolis about the southern end of Lake 

 Michigan. 



(4) Limochores palatka, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 21, $ 

 (The Palatka Skipper). 



Butterfly.— The upper side of the male needs no description. 

 The female closely resembles the female of L. byssus, which is 

 shown in the plate at Fig. 20, but differs from the female of that 

 species in having the median spots on the primaries much reduced 

 in size, the band of spots being greatly interrupted beyond the 

 end of the cell. On the hind wing the female has the entire sur- 

 face of the secondaries inside of the broad outer band fulvous, as 

 shown in the figure of the male, and not simply marked by a 

 transverse narrow band of spots. On the under side the fore 

 wings are bright fulvous, clouded with black at the base and 

 near the outer angle. The hind wings are uniformly dull red- 

 dish-brown. This species has been identified by Dr. Scudder 

 with a species named dion by Edwards, but which is a very 

 different thing. Expanse, $ , 1. 50-1.65 inch; $, 1.90-2.00 inches. 



Early Stages. — We know nothing of these. 



The insect is confined to Florida, all the specimens which I 

 have seen coming from the region of the Indian River. 



(5) Limochores byssus, Edwards, Plate XLVI, Fig. 20, $ 

 (Byssus). 



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