May, '05] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 137 



38. Pieris rap<z L/inn. Common. 



39. Nathalis iole Boisd. Taken in numbers several years 

 ago, near Heninger's Flats. 



40. Anthocharis sara Boisd. Common. 



41. Anthocharis ausonides Boisd. Occasional. 



42. Colias eurydice Boisd., and var. amorpluc on Heninger's 

 Flats. 



43. Colias ccesonia Stoll. Two 9 specimens taken. These 

 show a curious aberration ; the black marginal band is broken 

 into a series of yellow spots. On the secondaries, black scales 

 are distributed along the outer margin. 



44. Colias eurytheme Boisd. Common. 



45. Colias harfordii H. Edw. Common in July in the canons. 



46. Papilio rutuius Boisd. Occasionally soars up the moun- 

 tain sides from the canons below. 



47. Papilio eurymedon Boisd. With the last. 



48. Papilio indra Reak. A few specimens taken. Rare and 

 difficult to catch. 



49. Pamphila nemorum Boisd. Common in May and June. 



50. Pamphila agricola Boisd. Not common. 



51. Pamphila campestris Boisd. Common. 



52. Pamphila phyltfiis Dru. Common. 



53. Pamphila melane Edw. Very common in June. 



54. Pyrgus ericetomm Boisd. 3 males and 5 females taken 

 occasionally in the upper portions of the chaparral belt. 



55. Pyrgus tessellata Scud. Common. 



56. Nisoniades propertius Lint. Common. 



57. Nisoniades callidus Grinnell. Very local and rare on the 

 summit, altitude 5886 feet. 



58. Nisoniades tristis Boisd. Not common. 



In a country which is undergoing such a change as this, in 

 the way of material progress, the natural features of the land 

 are becoming slowly eradicated, and so thoroughly reliable 

 local lists will be extremely valuable to the future students. 



Prof. VV. L. Tower, of the University of Chicago, sailed from New York, 

 on April 8th, for Mexico, where he will spend a year's leave of absence 

 in entomological investigations. 



