The Butterfly Book; A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America
William Jacob Holland
Paperback
(RareBooksClub.com, May 20, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...Genus CffiNURGIA Walker (1) Caenurgia convalescens Guenee, Plate XXX, Fig. 17, $. Syn. socors Walker; purgata Walker. The range of this insect is from Canada to Florida and westward to the Mississippi. (2) Caenurgia adversa Grote, Plate XXX, Fig. 18, $. The habitat of the species is California. Genus EUCLIDIA Ochsenheimer We show two of the four species which are known to occur within our faunal limits. (1) Euclidia cuspidea Habner, Plate XXX, Fig. 20, 9. The moth is found from Canada to the Carolinas and Georgia and thence westward to the Mississippi. (2) Euclidia intercalaris Grote, Plate XXX, Fig. 19, $. This is a rather rare species in collections. It is found in New Mexico and the southwestern States. Genus PANULA Guenee (1) Panula inconstans, Plate XXX, Fig. 21, &. Not uncommon in the southern States. Genus MELIPOTIS Hubner This is a moderately large genus, represented in both the New World and the Old. Of the ten species known to occur within our faunal limits we show six on our plates. (1) Melipotis fasciolaris Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 22, 9. This is not an uncommon insect in the Antilles, and also occurs in Florida. The specimen figured on the plate was taken in the latter locality. (2) Melipotis pallescens Grote & Robinson, Plate XXX, Fig. 25,?. An inhabitant of the southwestern portions of our territory, reported from Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona. (3) Melipotis limbolaris Geyer, Plate XXX, Fig. 27, $. Syn. grandirena Haworth. Found from New England to Florida and westward to the Mississippi. (4) Melipotis perlaeta Henry Edwards, Plate XXX, Fig. 26, 9. The species has been found in Arizona and Texas. (5) Melipotis jucunda Hubner, Plate XXX, Fig. 24, $. Syn. cinis Guenee; agrotipennis Harvey; hadeniformis Behr. The insect ranges ...