198 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



were taken during the latter part of July and early in August, at an eleva- 

 tion of nine to ten thousand feet above the sea. 



This species is local and I believe extremely rare in most parts of its 

 habitat. In a very thorough exploration of the mountain crests about 

 Summit I found none ; I camped for two days on Freel's Peak for the 

 express purpose of hunting this species, my father assisting me in the 

 search ; although it seemed a favorable locality, but five specimens were 

 taken, all males. On the grassy northern slope of Tallac Mountain, how- 

 ever, we were more successful, and by returning thither and again camp- 

 ing, a good series of specimens was obtained. 



Chrysophanus Edit/ia, n. sp. 



Group of Xanthoides and Dione. Expands i ^ to 1 1/3 inches. 



Male fuscous above, narrowly edged with black along the outer mar- 

 gin, and with black discal bar ; the usual spots show through very faintly 

 on the upper side. Hind wings fuscous, with similar black edge, and 

 within this a row of four or five black spots near the anal angle. The 

 two nearest this angle are surrounded by an irregular ochraceous line. 

 Under side of fore wings gray inclining to fuscous, cinereous on the disc, 

 with the black spots as in allied species. Hind wings below gray-fuscous 

 clouded with white. A rather broad band of gray-fuscous occupies the 

 outer margin ; this band is crenated inwardly and cut by a fulvous line 

 which begins on the abdominal margin, extends out on the submedian 

 and last branch of median nervules, thus leaving a white, black-pupilled 

 half-ocellus at anal angle, a large gray-fuscous crescent in the next inter- 

 space, and next to this a white, black-pupilled ocellus ; in this respect the 

 present species resembles Xanthoides and differs from Dione, which has 

 much more fulvous. At the inner edge of the gray-fuscous band the 

 white clouding is condensed into a continuous line of broad lunules, and 

 at the inner border of this is the row of spots always found in this genus ; 

 these spots are quite large, pale gray-fuscous, edged with black and sur- 

 rounded by white ; the discal bar is usually confluent with the dot within 

 the cell, so as to form an irregular horse-shoe mark. 



Fringes of all the wings composed of scales of two lengths, the upper 

 and shorter set being nearly black, the lower ones white ; sometimes the 

 black scales are a little longer in certain places, thus making the fringe 

 seem white cut with black. 



