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males taken in Colorado, in which there occurs but one ocellus 

 in the sub-apiacal region of the primaries. 



i , i 9 , White Horse, N. W. Territory, June 24: i 9 , Fort 

 Selkirk, June 28; i 9 , Eagle City, Alaska, July 10. (Young.) 



23. 0. jutta var. alaskensis var. nov. 



The wings are thinner and more diaphanous than in jutta 

 from Maine, Quebec and other localities to the south and east, 

 as well as in examples of the typical form from Europe. The 

 prevalent color is a sooty gray, and the spots on the upper side 

 are far less conspicuous than in the normal form of jutta, and 

 on the under side the wings are quite evenly marked by minute 

 spots and strigse, without any trace of a darker median band 

 on the secondaries. 



3 $ , 299, mountains between Forty-Mile and Mission 

 Creeks, N. E. Alaska, June 20; 2 , i 9 S , American Creek, 

 Alaska, July 18. (Young.) 



At first I was inclined to identify this with the form named 

 balder by Boisduval ; but a careful comparison of the specimens 

 with his figures and his description in the Icones persuades 

 me that the two forms are not the same. 



Concluded in next issue. 



A New Metrius from California. 



By J. J. RIVERS. 

 Metrius sericeus n. sp. 



More robust, broader and darker than in .]/ contractus Escli, and \vith 

 a faint sericeous lustre. Head broad, with a deeply impressed arcuate 

 line reaching over the frontis, curving upwards from the front ends of the 

 super-orbital ridges, which latter finally deflexes behind the eyes. Pro- 

 thorax subquadrate, with the side margins less sinuate than in the other 

 species of the genus; hind margin Insinuate as usual, but the narn>\v 

 elevated edges that extend inward from the angles are not present in this 

 species, through the disc runs a median polished line that shines in con- 

 trast with the sombre tone that surrounds it. Elytra a third wider than 

 the thorax, ventricose obscurely punctate-striate, the punctures distinct ; 

 the scutellum polished black like the median line of the thoracic disc ; 

 underside and legs black, shining, towards the tarsi growing reddish. 

 Length 9 mm. 



Two examples, found by Mr. Max Albright the present 

 season upon the slopes of Mount Whitney, at an altitude of 

 7,000 feet. 



