192 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



think that I would seriously suggest their destruction. However, in 

 Guene'e's time the idea of types was not as fixed as now. Guene'e saw no 

 objection to describing a species from a figure. His descriptions of the 

 larvae of hamatnelis and brtcmosa are clearly taken from figures, and why 

 not those of the moths as well, since they correspond better with the 

 species figured by Abbot than with the " types " as recently identified by 

 Prof. Smith 



Finally, let it be clearly understood that I speak for myself, and that 

 the National Museum is in no way responsible for my remarks. 



A NEW VARIETY OF LYC^NA AMYNTULA, WITH OTHER 



NOTES. 



BY FORDYCE GRINNELL, JR., PASADENA, CAL. 



Lyccena amyntula, var. Herrii, n. var. — <J expanse, 1.25 in. ; differs 

 from typical amyntula by the replacement of the dark area of the prima- 

 ries by a narrow black band about 1 mm. wide, and on the secondaries by 

 only two red crescents instead of five as in typical amyntula. On the 

 under side the markings are all much heavier. 



o* expanse, 1.00 in. ; differs from <? of typical amyntula in having a 

 black margin about 1 mm. wide, whereas there is none in typical 

 amyntula, or, if any, a very slight trace. On the under side the markings 

 are much more heavy. The male of this variety is also much smaller than 

 the male of typical amyntula, and the tails seem more distinct in this variety. 



Habitat: Cochise Co., Arizona. 



Described from two males and two females in the collection of C. W. 

 Herr and the writer, taken July, 1899, and September, 1900, by Mr. Poling. 



Named in honour of Mr. C. W. Herr, my friend and fellow collector. 



I have typical amyntula from San Francisco, Pasadena and Idlevvild, 

 San Diego Co., Calif. 



Lyccena sonorensis. — Mr. Herr captured on March 14 a male of the 

 above species. On the right side of the secondaries there is a slight trace 

 of a red spot, and on the under side of the secondaries on the left wing 

 there is another very conspicuous red spot, whereas there are no such spots 

 in typical sonorensis. 



Mr. Herr and myself have caught along the beach a species of 

 Pamphila resembling P. panoquinoides in shape and general colour, but it 

 has the row of spots on upper side of primaries as in panoquin, which 

 puzzles us. Panoquin and panoquinoides are known only from the 

 Atlantic coast and Florida, and the species here may possibly be new. 



