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Having had some correspondence with Mr. Wm. S. Wright, of San 

 Diego, I obtained a good, lengthy series of Lemonias augusta, or what he 

 seemed to be pretty well convinced was such a species, evidently on the 

 same authority as that of Mrs. Brandegee. 



As I said before, a cursory reading of the original description cannot 

 possibly make out Qiiino, as under.slood by Hy. Edwards or Wright; and 

 as I do not think that Behr's description can be improved on, and it has 

 been neglected so long, I will quote it entirely. 



" 3. M. Quino, Behr, n. sp. 



" M. chalcedonti similis sed antennas clava discolor, fusca nee 

 concolor antennse reliquje aurantiacae. 



" Alge supra ut in M. chalcedoiite sed series macularum submar- 

 ginalium in anticis rubra et marginalium in posticis flava rubro tincta. 

 Series quarta in anticis bifida, fere tota rubra, tertia in posticis omnino 

 rubra. 



" Alse inferiores subtus ut in M. chalcedonte sed fascia flava prope 

 radicem in maculse sex dissecta maculaque flava discalis puncto ejusdem 

 coloris extus aucta. 



" Melitcea Quino may at once be distinguished by the entirely different 

 and much gayer coloration of the upper side, which much more resembles 

 that of M. anicia than M. chalcedon. To the latter species it comes the 

 nearest in the peculiar shape of the wings, so characteristically different in 

 the two sexes. In M. anicia this difference exists, but not to the same 

 degree. The yellow part of the under side of the hind tvings is much paler 

 than in M. chalcedon and M. afiicia. The yellow radical band is dissolved 

 into six distinct but nearly connected maculae. In Af. chalcedon the band 

 is not interrupted, and only the sixth macula is separated, making part of 

 the yellow coloration of the anal side of the wing. From M. anicia it 

 differs besides in the under side of the fore wings being jiearly all of a 

 reddish-brown colour, with scarcely any indication of the markings of the 

 upper side, closely resembling M . chalcedon. From both species M. Quino 

 differs in the coloration of the club of t lie antennce* 



" This species I received from Dr. Cooper, formerly of the State 

 Geological Survey, who collected several specimens near San Diego. 

 I have called it Quino in remembrance of the Californian pioneer. Padre 

 Quino, the first European that ever succeeded in erecting a permanent 



*Italics in the above description are mine. — F. G. 



