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those of lygdamus, nor is it as dark in color below as lygdamus. 

 It is the largest form, the males expanding 30 mm. and the 

 females a trifle more. 



Described from type, male, from Port Columbia, Washing- 

 ton, April 25th, 1916, and paratypcs, one male and two females, 

 with the same data. They were sent to me by Mr. J. C. Hop- 

 finger. There are other specimens from Olympia, Washington ; 

 Corfield, Vancouver; and Lake Tahoe, California. Typical 

 lygdamus is darker in color on the underside and the black 

 spots are larger and the surrounding white line relatively small- 

 er than in any of its races. 



Scudder made lygdamus the type of his genus Glaucopsyche, 

 but later* placed it as a synonym of Nomiadcs Hiibn. The 

 species nearest to lygdamus is .verccs Boisduval and its forms. 

 I have examined about 150 specimens of lygdamus and its 

 forms from various localities. The species flies during March. 

 April and May, according to latitude and elevation, but is 

 found a trifle later in the far north. We possess a few speci- 

 mens taken in early June at Eagle, Alaska, and at Banff, Al- 

 berta, Canada. Our specimens are from Eagle, Alaska ; Banff, 

 Alberta ; Great Slave Lake, Canada ; Beulah, Manitoba ; Lab- 

 rador ; Anticosta, Quebec ; Osoyoos, British Columbia ; Cor- 

 field, Vancouver ; Port Columbia, Washington ; Umatilla and 

 Fort Klamath, Oregon ; Los Angeles, Riverside, Truckee and 

 Lake Tahoe, California; St. Ignatius, Montana; Madison, Wis- 

 consin ; Taylors Falls, Minnesota ; Denver and Fort Collins, 

 Colorado ; Chicago, Illinois ; Virginia and West Virginia. 



Additions to Insects of New Jersey, No. 5.f 



By HARRY B. WEISS, New Brunswick. N. J. 



According to Mr. Chas. Schaeffer, in the Journal of the New 



York Entomological Society, vol. 24, p. 167, Elater carboni- 



color Esch., listed in Smith's "Insects of New Jersey" on page 



285, is an Alaskan species and should therefore be dropped. 



*Can. Ent. 1876, p. 21. 



tSee the NEWS, xxvii, p. 162. April, 1916. 



