94 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Charon. — A little smaller than Silvestris on the average, though 

 individuals occur fully as large ; dark brown in both sexes. The male has 

 a sexual dash under cell, and a single blind ocellus ; the female has two 

 ocelli and about them slight yellow rings. The under side is yellow 

 tinted ; the hind wings sometimes, but not always, have a faint gray shade 

 beyond the band ; primaries have two complete ocelli, the rings yellow, 

 but often the lower ocellus is reduced to a black dot ; the hind wing has 

 from one to six minute ocelli, or points. The band is shaped as in Sil- 

 vestris. The fringes are sometimes wholly brown, but sometimes those of 

 fore wings are mixed with dark gray. This species is common in Colorado 

 at high elevations, and inhabits Montana, Wyoming and New Mexico. I 

 have received a single example from north-eastern California. Mr. Mor- 

 rison sent me a pair from Nevada, 1877, in which the light part of the 

 fringes is almost white, and the under side of hind wings is much lighter, 

 or more hoary, than usual, the outlines of the band standing out clearly. 



Phocus. — This form is a modification of Charon, a little larger, the 

 expanse being, £ 1.6 to £ 1.8 ; the fringes same color as the wings. 

 Under side yellow tinted, but without gray, the band of hind wings fre- 

 quently wholly absent, but in some examples just enough is discernible 

 of the outer line to show that it is of same shape as Silvestris. I have 

 but one • °. , and this has two small ocelli on upper side, in pale yellow 

 rings, and beneath these is no trace of the band The only locality 

 known to me is Lake Lahache, British Columbia, from which I have had 

 several examples, taken by the late G. R. Crotch. 



Meadii. — The $ expands 1.5 to 1.7, $ 1.8 to 1.9 inches. Upper 

 side light brown with a strong russet tint on the disk and the area which 

 includes the ocelli. Two pupilled ocelli and one at anal angle. The 

 under side is brown, sometimes with a little gray On extra discal area of 

 secondaries ; the russet shade more decided and covering nearly all of 

 primaries ; the ocelli large in fulvous rings ; the outline of the band on 

 hind wings like that of the Pegala group, with a rounded projection 

 against end of cell ; the small ocelli two or three in number. This well 

 marked species inhabits Colorado and Arizona, probably New Mexico. 



(To be Continued.) 



