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limpia and nessus at the same place on exactly the same date — the 
places occurring in Jeff Davis and Brewster counties and the dates 
in March, May, June, July, and August. Many other records of 
both species at a single locality differ by only one to a few days. 
Larval foodplants. — Numerous studies in Texas by R. O. and 
C. A. Kendall show that both limpia and nessus feed on various 
species of Malvaceae. For both skippers, the Kendalls have witnessed 
oviposition — • directly on larval foodplants — in the wild, and have 
collected numerous eggs and larvae from which they have reared 
adults. 
In the field, limpia eats Abutilon malacum Wats., A . incanum 
(Link) Sweet, Sphaeralcea angustifolia var. lobata (Woot.) Kern., 
and Wissadula holosericea (Scheele) Gke., and, in the laboratory, 
also Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr. and Althaea rosea Cav. 
In the field, nessus eats Abutilon incanum, Sphaeralcea angustifolia 
var. lobata, Wissadula holosericea , W. amplissima (L.) R. E. Fries, 
and Sida filipes Gray, and, in the laboratory, also Althaea rosea. 
Both skippers very likely. eat other mallows, as well. 
Documentation: Eggs and larvae of Celotes were found on 
Sphaeralcea angustifolia var. lobata at Davis Mountains State Park, 
Jeff Davis County, V-1-61, by R. O. and C. A. Kendall. At the 
laboratory in San Antonio, those larvae that were not preserved were 
reared perforce on Althaea rosea. One adult was obtained from a 
larva on V-28-61 and two from eggs on VI-6 and 9-61. Although 
all were reported as nessus (Kendall 1965), I find that only the 
adult that emerged VI-6 is nessus whereas those that emerged V-28 
and VI-9 are limpia (paratypes). 
From 3 larvae found by the Kendalls on Wissadula holosericea in 
Musquiz Canyon on state highway 118, Jeff Davis County, VIII- 
14-66, 1 adult (a paratype of limpia) was obtained on IV-14-67. 
From 2 larvae found by the Kendalls on Abutilon incanum near 
Rio Grande Village in Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, 
X- 1 2-67, 2 adults of limpia (paratypes) were obtained (after a 
lengthy diapause) on VI-19 and 22-68. At the same locality, III- 
27-68, the Kendalls saw a female of Celotes oviposit on A. incanum 
but got only the egg and not the female; from this egg, an adult of 
limpia (paratype) was obtained on V-29-68. 
The Kendalls collected 23 larvae on Abutilon malacum, VIII- 
18-66, at a point on ranch road 170 overlooking the Rio Grande, 
about 15 miles southeast of Redford, Presidio County; and, using 
A. incanum, Malvastrum americanum, and especially Wissadula 
