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BAUER: Papilio indra kaibabensis
Vol.9: nos.2-3
G. P. indra kaibabensis Bauer
1. Wings: ground color as P. indra indra; post-median band of spots greatly reduced on primaries, usually only partially represented, on the secondaries nearly always obsolete except for the spot nearest the costal margin; series of blue spots on secondaries more prominent than in any other of the black Swallowtails; no strong sexual dimorphism.
2. Tails long (7-10 mm.).
3. Palpi, antennae, and head as in P. indra minori.
4. Thorax as in P. indra minori.
5. Abdomen as in P. indra indra.
6. Best distinguishing character: the very dark males, which closely resemble females of P. polyxenes and P. bairdii. The females can be separated readily from females of other species by the /Wr^-marked abdomens and also other indra-type markings. Both males and females can be separated from other P. indra-group races by the larger size, longer tails, and darker coloring.
I wish to thank Dr. C. L. REMINGTON for his helpful counsel, Mr. DONALD Eff and Mr. W. C. Minor for the loan of specimens of P. indra minori, and Professors Melville H. Hatch and Trevor Kincaid of the University of Washington for the photographs presented with this paper.
1103 Ballew Ave., Everett, Wash., U. S. A.
RECORDS OF BOLORIA TODDI FROM MARYLAND
At higher elevations in the East, Boloria toddi (Holland) [=Brenthis bellona (Fabricius)] occurs as far south as North Carolina (Klots, 1951) and Tennessee (Clark, 1932). Along the Atlantic Costal Plain, however, the southern limit of this species is recorded as New Jersey (Klots, 1951).
During the past few years, this species has been taken independently by the writer and by J. H. FALES at several localities in eastern Maryland. These include Harford Co. (Bel Air, writer), Howard Co. (Dayton, writer), Prince Georges Co. (Beltsville, J. H. FALES; College Park, writer) and Montgomery Co. (Silver Spring, writer).
AUSTIN Clark (Clark, 1932) mentioned the possible occurrence of B. toddi near Washington, D. C, although in spite of extensive collecting, he was unsuccessful in taking it in this area. In view of this, the records from Beltsville, College Park, and Silver Spring are especially interesting, as these locales are quite close to Washington, D. C, and are areas which were searched by Mr. CLARK. The recent occurrence of B. toddi in these areas may indicate a southward extension of the range of this butterfly subsequent to Mr. Clark's recording of its absence in 1932.
References Clark, Austin H., 1932. The butterflies of the District of Columbia and vicinity.
V. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 157: 246-247. Klots, Alexander B., 1951. A field guide to the butterflies: pp. 92-93. Houghton
Mifflin Co., Boston.
E. G. MACLEOD, Star Route, Dayton, Md., U.S.A.