Vol. XXli] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 2Q3 



Thecla clytie, leda and ines (Lepid.). 



By J. R. HASKIN, Los Angeles, Cal., and F. GRINNELL, JR. 



In May and June, 1908, Mr. Grinnell took twenty specimens 

 of a small Thecla near Dos Palmos Spring, in the Santa Rosa 

 Mountains, southern California, at an elevation of 3500 feet. 

 In July, 1910, Mr. Haskin took seven specimens of the same 

 species at Cananea, Mexico, thirty miles south of the Ameri- 

 can border, at 5000 feet elevation. In June, 1908, Mr. V. L. 

 Clemence collected a number in the Chiricahua Mountains, of 

 southern Arizona. In June and July, 1910, Messrs. Coolidge 

 and Clemence collected others in the Huachuca Mountains, of 

 southern Arizona, at about 5000 feet elevation. 



Mr. W. G. Wright, in his Butterflies of the West Coast, fig- 

 ures the same species as Thecla ines from specimens taken in 

 the Santa Rita Mountains, of Arizona and southern California, 

 in October, 1892-3. Dr. Holland figures the same as Thecla 

 clytie, Plate XXX, fig. 6, ? . This we presume is from the 

 Edwards unique type specimen. Again in Thecla ines, Plate 

 XXIX, fig. 35, $ , we find the same species. Mr. W. S. Wright, 

 in the Journal of the New York Entomological Society, XVI, 

 Sept., 1908, P. 162, mentions Thecla ines as taken by Mr. G. 

 H. Field in July, at Jacumba, San Diego County, California. 

 He supposes there are two broods, one in July and the other 

 in October. 



An attempt by us to name correctly our specimens, together 

 with others taken by Mr. Clemence, has led us to the conclu- 

 sion that clytie, leda and ines are one and the same butterfly. 

 We first made use of Holland's Butterfly Book and found that 

 the ines description and figures most nearly approached our 

 specimens. All of ours, however, are very distinctly marked 

 with a line clear across both wings in which bright red is 

 predominant. The details of this line are given in the de- 

 scription which follows. In a general way we can describe 

 it by saying that it is like the extra-discal line on Thecla me- 

 linns with which all collectors are familiar. In fact, our speci- 

 mens on the under side look very much like diminutive, pale- 

 gray melinus. 



