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Dotted Eresia

Eresia punctata

Plate XVII — Dotted Eresia is Fig. 39
Plate XVII — Dotted Eresia is Fig. 39

Butterfly.-A lengthy description of this little species is scarcely necessary, as the figure in the plate will suffice for its accurate determination. Nothing is known of its early stages. Expanse, 1.10 inch. It is found in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and Mexico. It has been recently declared to be identical with E. tulcis, Bates, an opinion I am not quite prepared to accept, but which, if correct, will force us, according to the law of priority, to substitute the name given by Bates for that given by Edwards.