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38. Thecla dumetorum Bdv. Not rare, especially in open stony places 

 in the Canadian Zone. Have found the larva on a species of Eriogo- 

 nuin in San Francisco. While my female specimens from the latter 

 locality have at most an obscure bronze tinge, those taken at Echo Lake 

 are very bronzy. 



39. Chrysophanus virginiensis Edw. A common "copper" along the 

 banks of the McCloud River at the end of July, 1907, and occurring 

 also high up the Castle Creek Canon in July and August of the same 

 year. 



40. Chrysophanus gorgon Bdv. Partial to the more open dry spots 

 along Castle Creek, the Sacramento River, where Eriogonum abounded. 

 The females vary much in intensity of markings. Commonest in July, 

 1903. 



41. Chrysophanus mxriposa Reak. Never abundant and always well 

 in the Canadian Zone, where they are in season at the end of July. 



42. Chrysophanus zeroe Bdv. Likewise a mountain species and some- 

 what rarer than the preceding. Several males and females taken at 

 the end of July. 



43. Chrysophanus helloides Bdv. Fairly plentiful in the valley. 



44. Satyrium fuliginosa Edw. Peculiar to the Upper Transition, and 

 flying about chaparral. The flight is swift and much like that of a 

 Theclid. Almost all my specimens of fuliginosa were caught in July, 

 1903, about the base of the Gray Rocks on the south side of Castle 

 Creek. 



45. Lycaena heteronea Bdv. Rather common and often in company 

 with C. gorgon. Its food plant is probably also Eriogonuin. Sometimes 

 taken in the Upper Transition. The females vary somewhat in color 

 and have the wings sometimes shot with blue. Common in July. 



46. Lycaena fulla Edw. Rather common in early summer in the 

 valley, later in the mountains. 



47. Lycaena, saepiolns Bdv. Likewise found in the valley in June, 

 but its real habitat is the Canadian meadows, where it is abundant 

 enough in the latter part of July. In the Shasta region the females are 

 not in the least blue, being dusky, with a more or less distinct fulvous 

 band on the upper side of the secondaries, often with a trace of the 

 same on the primaries. 



48. Lycaena behrii Edw. Only taken at Echo Lake in the Canadian 

 Zone, June 22, 1903, and July 12, 1907. I have called this insect behrii 

 not being able to place it elsewhere. It differs from the typical behrii 

 as described by Edwards, and which is common about San Francisco 

 bay in March and April. This latter insect has the underside of both 

 wings dark brownish gray and the female on the upperside is almost 

 entirely fuscous. In the male the color on the upperside is "glossy lilac- 

 blue," with the hind margins of both wings fuscous. In the specimens 

 from Echo Lake, the male lacks the lilac tinge and the margins are 



