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cous ; a large black discal spot on each wing : two or three obsolete spots near 

 anal angle, the second from the angle with a faint yellow lunule; friDge brown- 

 ish white. 



Under side greyish white, bluish next base; primaries have a fuscous spot 

 near base, a discal bar and a transverse sinuous row of elongated fuscous spots, 

 each edged with whitish ; along the margin obsolete spots surmounted by faint 

 lunules. 



Secondaries have three fuscous points near base ; a discal bar and a trans- 

 verse sinuous row of fuscous spots; whole hind margin bordered by small me- 

 tallic blue spots, each surmounted by a blackish lunule. 



Female. Upper side clear brown ; the obsolete spots next anal angle sur- 

 mounted by a narrow crenated yellow band ; under side as in male, but the 

 five spots next anal angle are surmounted by ochrey yellow lunules edged 

 above with black ; fringe long and fuscous at the extremities of the nervures. 



California, from Dr. H. Behr. 



LyCjEna Scudderii, Edw. 



Female. The more common form differs somewhat from that heretofore de- 

 scribed, which appears to have been a variety, in that the base of both wings 

 is violet blue, and the black marginal spots of secondaries distinct, the two or 

 three next anal angle surmounted wilh fulvous ; under side as in the male. 



This species is found abundautly near London, Canada West, as I am in- 

 formed by Mr. W. Saunders. I have also received it from Fort Simpson. 



Parnassius Smintheus, Doubleday : figured in Genera of Diurnal Lepidop- 

 tera, but not described. 



Expands 2\ inches. Size and form of Clarius. 



Male. Both wings pure white, semi-transparent at apex of primaries ; hind 

 margin of primaries sprinkled with black scales which take the form of in- 

 distinct lunules ; a second similar series anterior to these ; a black bar on the 

 arc, and, within the cell, a transverse, elongated black spot that terminates a 

 little short of the median nervure ; on the costa beyond the cell, a crimson spot 

 in a black ring, and below this a black spot wilh crimson centre; a small 

 black spot within the inner margin ; base of wing and edge of costa thickly 

 sprinkled with black scales ; fringe white, cut with black at the ends of the 

 nervures. 



Secondaries black at the base and along the abdominal margin, from which 

 black scales extend to the cell and around the arc ; a submarginal row of ob- 

 solete black spots ; a small crimson spot on costal margin and a larger and 

 brighter one in the disc, both in black rings. 



Under side with all the markings of the upper, but less vivid in color ; sec- 

 ondaries have an additional small crimson spot within the abdominal margin 

 near the anal angle, and at the base four crimson spots in a curved band, 

 each more or less edged with black : the spot in the disc with white 

 centre. 



Female. A little larger than the male; the whole hind margin of primaries 

 semi-transparent, enclosing a transverse row of white lunules, but without 

 other spots ; the red spots larger and paler, the one on disc of secondaries with 

 white centre; on the under side of secondaries the costal spot also has a 

 white centre, and near the anal angle are two red spots. 



California. 



Limenitis edlulia, Doubleday : figured in Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. 

 but not described. 



Expands 2|- inches. 



Male. Upper side of both wings olive brown, with a blackish tinge upon 

 the outer limb ; hind margin bordered by a broad crenated band of lighter color ; 

 through which runs a black line ; a large golden yellow apical spot fills the 

 space between the marginal band and narrow costal border of primaries; across 



1862.] 



