'Jul THE CANADIAN KNTUMOLOOIST. 



species, and I find that philodice, eriphyU and christina are generally 

 distinguished in collections as representatives of certain localities, and at 

 the same time I can take individual specimens from all of these localities, 

 and they are absolutely identical in maculation and colour. I do not wish 

 to be understood as saying that the original descriptions of these species 

 are not valid, but that they are so little known that many examples which 

 are now so named in collections are entirely wrong. My own opinion is 

 that philodice is far more widely distributed in the west than is generally 

 recognized. 



Thecla iroiiies, Boisd , var. immaculata^ n. var, one, Kaslo, B. C, 

 May, 1897. An albinic form of /><;/>/«, of a deep straw colour, shading 

 to canary-yellow, immaculate on both upper and under sides. 



This is the only albinic specimen of Thecla that appears to be 

 known, and my object in recording it is that possibly some collectors may 

 have met with other specimens of this character ; it is the only one I have 

 ever seen, and was taken amongst a large series o{ iroiJes, which is one of 

 the commonest buclerflies here, flying in thousands in the early spring. 



Cyaniris laJon, Cram., var. Quesnel/ii, at Bala Lake, Quesnelle, 

 northern B. C. These two specimens were brought down by a " timber 

 cruiser" and given to me. I submitted them to the late Dr. Fletcher, who 

 wrote me that, had they been taken in Ontario, he would have had no 

 hesitation in stating that they were a melanized form of ladon, and would 

 have named them " maatlata suffusa." As we have already ten recog- 

 nized varieties of ladon, it would seem unfair to burden the lists with a 

 new variety, but in view of the opening up of northern B. C. by the 

 transcontinental railways, there is every reason to think that if this variety 

 is found to be (as I think) a distinct local race, it should be entitled to a 

 specific name. The upper surface is deep violet-blue ; the underside has 

 the markings as in Matfiinata, but they are very heavy and of a deep 

 chocolate-brown ; a few very minor differences may also be found, but 

 they are trivial. 



I hope some of our collectors will obtain further specimens of this 

 " Blue," and can only apologize for naming it tentatively, as I think it will 

 prove a local race which will be found abundant in the Quesnelle Valley. 

 When further specimens can be secured to substantiate the MS. 

 description, I shall take i)lcasure in publishing a full description as a 

 tribute to a Canadian who was good enough to remember a poor butterfly 

 hunter over 1,000 miles away. 



