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NOTES ON THE NEW SPECIES AND VARIETIES OF 



RBOPALOCERA IN WRIGHT'S BUTTERFLIES 



OF THE WEST COAST. 



BY KARL R. COOLIDGE, PALO ALTO, CALIF. 



Mr. W. G. Wright, in his "Butterflies of the West Coast," describes 

 thirty-two new species and varieties. A number of these, as shown by 

 various reviewers, must be placed as synonyms, and others are but 

 geograpliical races and aberrations. Unfortunately, the habitats given are 

 vague and indefinite, and this appears to be particularly true of the new 

 forms. The following are described and, with few exceptions, are figured : 



Parnassid.^. 

 lo. Parnassius s?nint/ietis, var. niger, \Vright. — This variety is 

 founded on a single ^ , which is entirely destitute of red. Hardly worthy 

 of varietal rank. 



13. P. smijitketis, var. magmis, Wright. — This is a large northern 

 race of sjni?itheus. 



Papilionid^. 



25. Papilio zolicaon, var. coloro^ Wright. — Described from a single 

 specimen taken in the Colorado Desert. Differs from zolicaoji only in 

 deeper yellowish colour. 



PlERID^. 



60. Anthocharis deserti^ Wright. — Appears to be a small-sized desert 

 form oi cethura. 



67. Anthocharis inollis^ Wright. — I would consider this identical 

 with sara. 



70. Anthocharis caliente, Wright. — Described from a single female. 

 It may prove to be a variety oi pima, to which it comes closest. 



Nymphalid.«. 

 III. Argynnis Ietis,\^x\^\. — A slight A variety of /^/(7. 



119. A. sordida, W^right. — This is given as a variety of Brenineri, 

 differing from the typical form in that the under surface of the secondaries 

 has the white or buff spots more or less obsolete, and the surface is suffused 

 with ferruginous. The specimen figured as Bremneri is rhodope, and 

 hence we must consider sordida a variety of that species. No figure of 

 sordida is given. 



134. A. iaurina^ Wright. — An unsilvered variety oi laura. 



July, 1908 



