SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES. 
Argynnis Atlantis. — I was much surprised at finding several Atlantis 
among Mr. Mead’s collections. They were seen near Turkey Creek and also in 
the Arkansas Valley. A female in captivity deposited eggs on violets. The larva 
and chrysalis of Atlantis are described in Packard’s Guide, p. 252. 
Argynnis Aphrodite — Three specimens were obtained by Mr. Mead, vary- 
ing somewhat from those found in the Atlantic States, in that the male approaches 
the female in style of coloring, having the deep ferruginous under side of seconda- 
ries and the fiery hue above that is seen in the females. It is a striking variation, 
and only after much consideration did I conclude that the species was Aphrodite. 
The females were very much as in eastern specimens. No Cybele was seen by 
Mr. Mead. 
Grapta Fattntjs. — This species has been taken by Mr. Julius Meyer (July 
1872) in Fayette Co. W. Va., the most southern locality as yet known to me. 
Limenitis Weidemeyerii. — Of this species Mr. Mead says, “I found my 
first specimen on the banks of Turkey Creek, June 6th. No more were seen until 
25th. It seems to be very local and is not found above the altitude at which wil- 
lows flourish.” 
Limenitis Proserpina. — In his paper entitled “A Systematic Revision of 
the American Butterflies, &c.” Report Peabody Acad. Sci. 1871, Mr. Scudder 
gives Proserpina as a synonymn of Ursula , with which opinion I by no means agree. 
Proserpina seems to be confined to the mountain districts, and apart from the re- 
markable white band that characterises it, has a great resemblance to L. Arthemis 
in the coloring of the under surface and which Ursula has not. The only test of a 
species, next to the certain one of breeding it from the egg, is constancy to type, 
and when a particular form is found year after year, in any locality, the inference 
is irresistible that it perpetuates its own type and is therefore distinct. We call 
such form a species, without knowing more of its history than appears on the sur- 
face, and it is upon exactly this sort of evidence that half our species rest. If ever 
by breeding from the egg Proserpina shall be proved to be only a variety or di- 
morphous form of Ursula , the discovery will be most interesting, as well as con- 
vincing. 
Apatura Alicia. — In the paper above quoted, Alicia, together with Celtis, 
is given as synonym of Lycaon, Fab. It is possible that the former may be 
Lycaon, as seems to be the opinion of Mr. Butler, in Cat. Diur. Lep. of Brit. Mus. 
1869. p. 57, but I cannot doubt its distinctness from Celtis, Bois. The figure of 
