22 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



of clear color ; outside end of cell a large suboval red spot heavily edged 

 black, and the cell is crossed by two wavy black lines. 



Secondaries have the margins red, in a continuous band ; the 

 second row yellow, on black ground, lunate ; the third row red, rounded 

 on inner side and edged narrowly with yellow on all sides but the 

 exterior ; the fourth row yellow, cut unequally from one margin to the 

 other by a black line ; thence to base red ; a triangular yellow spot at 

 end of cell, and in a straight row from costal margin three yellow spots, 

 one on margin and partly in costal interspace, one at top of cell, the 

 third in lower median interspace. Sometimes the fourth row is expanded 

 towards base along inner margin, giving the appearance of a fourth spot 

 to the basal row ; the shoulder and edge of costa yellow. 



Body above black ; red hairs on collar ; thorax beneath yellow ; 

 abdomen red at sides, yellow along venter, red at end ; legs red ; palpi red ; 

 antennjt pale red-brown, annulated whitish above, red below, club black 

 on upper side, the tip ferruginous, elsewhere red-brown. 



Female. — Expands from 1.7 to 2.2 inches. 



Like the male in general, but the spots larger in proportion ; on the 

 underside, the spots of second row on each wing are large, lanceolate, the 

 outer side deeply incised. In occasional examples the outer part 

 of upper side of secondaries is covered by a broad red band in place of 

 the spots of second and third rows, and this area is separated from the 

 narrow marginal band by a black line. 



In an aberration there is no trace of yellow on upper side, and on the 

 under side of secondaries the yellow bands from margin to cell are 

 replaced by wood-brown, while the yellow basal spots are obscured. 



I name this species Augusta, in memory of the late Mrs. W. G. 

 Wright. Mr. Wright has taken it in vicinity of San Bernardino abund- 

 antly, and writes of it thus : " A€. Augusta is found on top of the 

 mountains, elevation 5,000 feet, and is not found at all till you reach the 

 top. They do not descend the mountain sides, nor are they found in the 

 canyons. On the summit oak and pine trees are scattered, and the 

 ground is covered with grasses and flowering plants. The butterfly 

 seems all the time on flowers, and is a great feeder. I have never seen a 



