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THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Fig. 19. 



hind wings j,?//^^/. Fig. 19 shows the underside). Fore 



wings black, sprinkled with gray scales so as to give a 



gray cast to the wing ; the three transverse-bands distinct ; 



black, with numerous whitish spots ; a basal whitish dash. 



Hind wings, with the light parts pale yellow. In some 



the central black band is broken, and in others wanting, 



only the two black rays and terminal border being present. 



Under side as in the figure, the yellow pale, and streaked a little at base 



with red. 



$ from Southern California. 

 (Fig. 18, the light parts of hind wings- 

 Fig. 19 shows under side). This is 

 like Var. 8, except that the light parts of hind 

 wings are crimson instead of yellow, and the fore 

 wings are less gray tinted. The fore-wings have, 

 instead of numerous white spots in the bands, one 

 at posterior angle and two on costa, with the 

 The under surface is shown at fig. 19, and is crimson instead 



Ten ^ 's from Truckee, one 



Var. 9, Wright ii, French. 



cr 171150 n. 



Fig. 20. 



Fig. 



basal dash 

 of yellow. 



One $ from Southern California. 



Var. 10, Decia, Boisduval. (Fig. 20, hind wings crimson; under side 

 shown in fig. 21). Fore-wings black, the bands more or 

 less marked by whitish spots ; basal dash present. Hind 

 wings crimson, a terminal black border, more or less 

 broken. Under side crimson with terminal black border 

 as in fig. 21, or a few intergrades between this and Var. 9, 

 with a transverse band, as shown in fig. 19. 



Nine ^'s and one $ with three $ intergrades with Wrightii, and 

 three $ intergrades with Latifasciata, all from California. 



Var. II, Lena, Boisduval. (Fig. 20, the hind wings yellow; the 

 under side shown in fig. 21. r-Fig. 22 shows an 

 extremely light form). Fore-wings black, tinged 

 with gray ; the three transverse bands more or less 

 distinct, both by the clear black without gray, and 

 by the whitish spots. In three specimens from 

 Colorado the bands are almost continuous white, 



Fig. 



