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Described from one specimen, a , received from Mr. F. 

 Rauterberg, who has kindly permitted me to retain the type, 

 which came from Comal County, Texas. 



Melitaea neumoegeni n. sp. or var. The specimens were received some 

 time ago from Mr. Neumoegen and have been in my collection and his 

 under the manuscript name above given. Male. Expands one and a 

 half inches. Upperside : all wings bright brick-red, fringes white, alter- 

 nating with black at the nerve endings. The wings are edged by a very 

 narrow black line, and just inside of this and very close to it is another 

 line of like character. The superiors have comparatively few markings, 

 and these are faint. In the cell are two rings, and at the end of cell a 

 black irregular line running from the costa ; beyond this is another line 

 of similar character, and there are a number of yellowish lunule-like 

 markings at the tip. The inferiors are marked in a similar way; but there 

 is considerable black at the base of the wing. Underside : the superiors 

 practically as above, but all markings less distinct, except at the apices, 

 where there are four or five distinct white spots, and below these, on the 

 margin, two more. The inferiors, as in J\f. gabbii, with silvery-white spots, 

 but the intervening spots are brick-red and with no black of any moment, 

 The females are larger and present the usual differences found in the 

 genus. It is difficult to accurately describe species of Melitcra, but this 

 one differs from other species in its peculiar color and the paucity of 

 markings, especially on the superiors below. 



Described from three specimens in my own collection and from 

 several in the late Mr. Neumoegen' s. In the list it would prob- 

 ably stand next to M. gabbii. From Utah. 



Elldamus protillus rauterbergi n. var. rf. Expands one and three-fourths 

 inches. Upperside : dark smoky-brown in color ; the superiors have 

 nine hyaline spots, a faint one on middle of costa, and three extending in 

 a line between this and the inner angle ; one in middle of disc and a 

 faint one in the interspace above ; three are close together below tin- 

 costa on the outer third of wing. Inferiors immaculate, with tails a half 

 inch in length. Fringes alternating black and cinereous. Underside : 

 superiors as above. Inferiors grayish with blackish longitudinal bands. 

 This form is smaller and very much darker than Protillus ; the fringes are 

 far less marked, and the tails lack the admixture of light hairs ; the 

 maculation is about the same, but in all other ways there is much dif- 

 ference. 



One specimen from Mr. F. Rauterberg, who received it from 

 Comal County, Texas. I have also seen a specimen belonging 

 to Dr. Wm. Barnes, taken in Arizona. 



Amblyscirtes celia n. sp. -f. Expands one and one-eighth inches 

 Upperside: dark smoky-brown, almost black; fringes alternating black 



