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to a point at posterior angle ; the rest of wing ochreous white. Hind 

 wings black. Body black, a white line from antennae back over patagia^ 

 sides of anterior and middle femora and sides of anterior tibiae red, as in 

 the other varieties. 



One $ from California. 



Var. 5, Occide7italis, French (Fig. i6). Fore-wings black, a whitish 



basal dash and three blurred whitish spots in 



bands 2 and 3. Hind wings black, marked 



with orange as shown in the figure. Under 



side, fore-wings orange, a narrow terminal 



black border, black along the posterior margin, 



^'°' '^" veins narrowly black. Hind wings black with 



an orange terminal and subterminal band, both united by a broad ray 



that passes through the cell to outer margin. Stripe on side of abdomen 



orange. 



One $ from Northern California. 



Var. 6, Latifasciata, Butler. (Fig. 17, hind wings with the band 

 0-imson). Fore-wings black, with three small 

 white spots on bands 2 and 3. Hind wings 

 black, with the median band crimson. My 

 specimen has this -band a little more irregular 

 than the figure. Under side, fore-wings with 

 extreme base and terminal third black, the rest ^"" '''" 



crimson, whitish along the edge of the red. Hind wings with the red of 

 the upper surface repeated. 



One ^ from Southern California. - 



Var. 7, Fulvofasciata, Butler. (Fig. 17, hind 

 wings with the band yellow). This is the counter- 

 part of Var. 6, except that the band of the hind 

 wings is pale yellow instead of crimson. My 

 examples show a tendency to a fine pale ray or 

 ^"^" '^" two from the base of the hmd wings towards the 



yellow bands, while Mr. Wright's specimen does not show this tendency. 

 Three ^ 's, two from Truckee, Cal., the other from California, but 

 part of State not indicated. 



Var. 8, Calif ornice, Walker (Typical). (Fig. 18, the light parts of 



