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anything with less of a smoky border and have a more silky vestiture. 

 The nearest point from which I have %&{t\\ phragmitidicola is Aweme, Man., 

 Mr. Criddle having kindly lent me a $ from that locality. Though paler 



than the average run of the species, it is pretty well matched with a Texas 

 specimen, as well as with one from Nevv Brighton, Pa., and fits into the 

 series without question. Notwithstanding Prof Smith's suggestion of a 

 local form, I believe that they are really distinct. Oi far eta I have seen 

 but two specimens that fit the description in the " Revision," and both are 

 from California. One is too poor to be of value for comparison. The 

 other, in the collection of Mr. Merrick, is more like a very \)di\Q phragmi- 

 tidicola than any anterodara, but lacks the darlc shading to median vein. 

 Farcia is the name under which I used formerly to send out anteroclara. 

 Anteroclara is recorded also from Wyoming, Colorado and Oregon." 

 Vancouver is also mentioned on page 174 of the " Revision," not under 

 the description. 



340. L. Calgariana, Smith. — Rare. Described from here. The 

 type is at Washington. Probably only a variety of anteroclara, which it 

 exactly resembles, with the addition of a rich reddish tinge throughout. 

 In the absence of any real intergra(ies, however, it must still be treated 

 separately until proved the same by breeding. From phragmitidicola 

 it differs, as does anteroclara, by the less even coloration and 

 darker secondaries, and the less prominent dark shading below 

 median vein. I have compared a good series of roseola from Kaslo, B. 

 C, and other places west of the Rockies, and they differ from Calgariana 

 in having paler secondaries, being less streaky, and lacking the dark 

 shading beneath median vein. In his Kootenai list, however. Dr. Dyar 

 says that some of the darkest Kaslo forms have a faint dark shade here, 

 but "are all far less brightly marked than the types of Calgariana and can- 

 not be confused with it.'' The reddest specimen I have seen comes from 

 Victoria, B. C, and is much redder than most of my Calgariana, but is 

 less streaky; in other words, more even in colour. Another specimen, 

 from Vancouver Island, has a distinct dark shading, not below, but above 

 and beyond median vein. Both these latter specimens are in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. F. A. Merrick. Although all the roseola I have seen lack the 

 slight grayish powdering and conspicuously pale but dark bordered median 

 vein of phragmitidicola, besides being different in tint, I am inclined to 

 consider the form a nearer ally of that species than of anteroclara or 

 Calgariana. 



