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was taken near Kerrville, Texas, last season. It is rather worn and 

 was probably driven by the wind from its natural home in Mexico 



Eudamus idas Cram. I have specimens of this species from Kerr- 

 ville, Texas, also from Southern Arizona and New Mexico, so that 

 it probably deserves a place on our list. 



Eudamus outis Skinner. Is not rare in Southern AVizona as well 

 as Texas. 



Eudamus coyote Skinner. A few specimens of this species were 

 taken in the neighborhood of Corpus Christ i, Texas. 



Eudamus epigona Herr. Schaff. Is not at all rare in the Huac- 

 huca Mountains, Arizona. 



Eudamus cellus Bd. Lee. Is very common in the same region, and 

 dorus, Edw. is also found there, but much less plentifully. 



Erycides amyntas Fab. Is extremely common at Miami, Florida, 

 as several hundred specimens received from there this season testify. 

 I also have the species from Texas and Arizona 



Pyrrhopyga araxes Hew. This species is very common in the 

 Huachuca Mountains in June and July. 



JEgiale streckeri Skinner. Not rare around Durango, Colorado. 

 Varies greatly in size and markings. 



^.Egialeneumoeyenu Edw. This species is not rare in Southern 

 Ai'izona, but seems to be local in its habits and to fly only during a 

 short season. A series of fifty or more specimens show little vari- 

 ation. 



A DESCRIPTION OF A VARIETY OF ARGYNNI5 NITOCRIS 

 FROM CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. 



By W. J. HOLLAND, LL.D. 



I recently received from C. H. Tyler Towusend a collection 

 of Lepidoptera made by him in the State of Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. The collection was taken at the head of the Eio 

 Piedras Verdes, in Chihuahua, at an elevation of from 7,100 

 to 7,300 feet above sea level in the Sierra Mad re region. The 

 collection was quite devoid of novelties, consisting almost 

 wholly of common species of wide distribution. The only 

 exception to this observation is found in a varietal form of 

 Argynnis nitocris Edwards, for which I propose the varietal 

 name of ccerulescens. 

 Argynnis nitocris, var., ccerulescens, var. 



c? . The male doe? not materially differ from the types of nitocris 

 contained in the Edwards collection, except that the basal and 

 median area are darker on the upper side than in the type and the 

 spots more confluent. On the under side the deep red of the basal 



