Jan.. '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 23 



tudes. Melitcza albiplaga Aaron is only known from the 

 unique type. It may prove to be an aberration of a common 

 species. Cystineura cana has been found but once in the 

 United States. One specimen of Myscelia skinneri has been 

 found in New Mexico. Junonia negra Felder is only found in 

 southern Arizona and is apparently rare there. A butterfly 

 that is probably only in two collections in the United States is 

 Debis crcola. It is doubtless common in places on the Gulf 

 coast of L/ouisiana and Texas. Another rarity in collections 

 is Neonympha mitchdi, but it is common in certain parts of 

 Michigan. Ccenonympha kodiak comes and goes in its northern 

 home, but seldom finds its way into the cabinet. Ca^nonympha 

 haydcni was very rare until its headquarters were found in 

 Idaho and the Yellowstone. This will be the history of most 

 of them. Erebia fastiata, rossi, vidleri and magdalena all de- 

 light the eye of the collector as they are all rare in the cabinet, 

 as people don't go every day to Mount Cheam and the other 

 localities in the far north. Satyrus pegala comes from a section 

 of the country where there is little interest in entomology and 

 consequently is a very desirable fly. Satyrus wheeleri from 

 Owen's Lake is a very rare species. S. sthenele is possibly the 

 rarest in collections as it is probably extinct. Chionobas pearlier, 

 in honor of Mrs. Mary Peart, one of the greatest entomological 

 artists that ever lived, is only known from type material as it 

 was found in Victoria L/and, British America. Lcmonias duryi 

 is almost unknown to the collectors. Thecla wittfeldi has. not 

 been found since the original catch in 1883. The vegetation 

 on the spot where Dr. Wittfeld took it, on the Indian River, 

 Florida, has been destroyed by cultivation. Thecla Ontario is 

 one of those doubtful things that I have never seen. Our 

 Canadian friends should tell us what it is or is not. Thecla 

 acis was a great desideratum until collectors became frequent 

 visitors to South Florida. For a butterfly that has been found 

 from Canada to Arizona, Thecla lata is very rare in collections 

 and is also an excellent illustration of a butterfly found over 

 an immense area and so far as known nowhere commonly. 

 Chrysophanus hermes was probably only in two or three col- 

 lections but is now being taken in some numbers, and its life 

 history is likely to be published. A little butterfly rare in 



