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base outwardly to beyond the end of the cell and as far as the inner angle 

 grayish fuscus. On the primaries, the space between the middle spot on 

 the cell and the K shaped spot at the end of the cell is pale, almost white. 

 The transverse median line of spots and the submarginal lines of rounded 

 dots are marked on either sides by paler shades, almost white. On the 

 secondaries, the transverse median band of spots is heavy and black, and 

 coalesces near the origin of the median nervules with the dark fuscous 

 shade which obscures the base of the wing. Standing out prominently 

 between this band and the dark fuscous inner shading are two pale quad- 

 rate spots situated just beyond the end of the cell. The fringes are white, 

 checkered with fulvous at the end of the nervules. On the lower side, the 

 primaries are quite evenly very pale fulvous, with the characteristic mark- 

 ings of the genus very faintly indicated. The secondaries on the inner 

 hall are reddish-ochraceous, the median band of spots characteristic of 

 the genus being faintly indicated in a slightly lighter shade, each spot 

 being defined inwardly and outwardly by fine reddish lines. From the 

 origin of the third median nervule and the inward inner margin just 

 beyond this median band is a dark brown shade. The outer half of the 

 wing is very pale ochraceous, inclining to whitish, with the discal row of 

 spots and the submarginal row of hastate markings very faintly indicated. 

 The costa is marked by a narrow even line of silvery white. The only 

 spot showing a tendency to present a silvery appearance is the spot 

 shaped like an hour-glass, forming the upper spot in the median band ; 

 the upper edge of which spot, immediately contiguous to the fine silvery 

 line, shows a silvery reflection. The upper side of the thorax and abdo- 

 men is blackish, the lower side reddish. The antennae are black on the 

 upper side, reddish on the under side. The legs are reddish-brown 

 throughout. 



Expanse 30 mm. 



i 9 , mountains between Forty-Mile and Mission Creeks, N. 

 E. Alaska, June 20. (Young). 



This interesting form is so thoroughly distinct, from the 

 character of the markings on the under side, that I do not 

 hesitate to describe it as a new species. I cannot bring myself 

 to regard it as a mere aberration, after careful comparison with 

 all the other species of the genus known to me ; and my col- 

 lection contains a good series of specimens of every species 

 which has been described. 



10. Melitaea helvia Scudder. 



$ Closely allied to M. taylori Edwards. The resemblance upon the 

 upper side is very close, but the median band of light spots on the secon- 

 daries is less strongly developed, and the marginal and submarginal spots 

 on the primaries are much larger and not nearly so heavily bordered with 



