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yellowish. Tarsi usually slightly infuscated, rarely quite black. Wings 

 transparent, the stigma alone slightly yellowish ; veins brownish. 



Described from fifteen females taken at Orono, Maine, 

 chiefly about blossoming mustard. Seven paratypes August 

 n, 1.915; the type August 16, 1915, three paratypes August 19, 

 1915, three paratypes August 24, 1915, and one paratype July 

 12, 1916. Named in honor of Mrs. Cleo Fouch Metcalf, who 

 collected the first and the type specimens. The type is in the 

 collection of the writer, paratypes in the collections of the 

 Maine Agriculture Experiment Station and the Ohio State 



University. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 

 Cinxia carolinensis n. sp. $ . 

 Fig. A Wing, X 8. 

 Fig. B Head, lateral view, X 8. 

 Fig. C Scutellum and abdomen, dorsal view, X 8. 

 Fig. D Genitalia, ventral view, X 7. 



Sphaerophoria cleoac n. sp. 5 . 

 Fig. E Dorsal view, X 5.5. 

 Fig. F Head, lateral view, X 8. 



Lycaena lygdamus Doubleday and its Races with a 



Description of a New One (Lep.)- 



By HENRY SKINNER. 



So far as I am aware the typical form of this species is very 

 rare in collections. We have two specimens collected by James 

 Ridings in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia) 

 in 1857. Last spring, Morgan Hebard presented a fine pair 

 to the Academy, taken at Hot Springs, Virginia, May /th, at 

 an elevation of 2,500 feet. These specimens agree perfectly 

 with the excellent description of the species by Doubleday. The 

 type locality of lygdamus was, in all probability, Jacksonbor- 

 ough, Screven County, Georgia. This county is on the extreme 

 eastern border of the State about the middle line. They were 

 collected by Abbot and we are indebted to Dr. S. H. Scudder 

 for information in regard to this famous old collector and 

 artist.* Abbot lived in Jacksonborough, but the town no longer 



*Butts. Eastern U. S. & Can. i, p. 651. 



