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spring generation, and Sara that of the summer. The former appears very 

 early in March, and the latter in May and June. The 9 9 OI Beakirtii are 

 at times, though only rarely, as yellow as those of Sara, and the irrorations 

 upon the costa are as fi-pquent in the latter as in the former. 



Anthocaris lanceolata. Bdv. = A. Edwardsii. Behr. 



In most of the males I have seen, the apices are only very slightly clouded 

 with dusky scales but in two specimens taken in Kern County by Mr. R. H. 

 Stretch, they are broadly and distinctly clouded, thus more closely resembling 

 the other sex. 



Callidryas evbule. L. 



Examples of this species, of both sexes, were taken in San Diego, in Au- 

 gust, 1875, by Mrs. James Behrens, flying about the streets of the city, and 

 settling upon the flowers of the gardens. I have since received other speci- 

 mens from Mr. G. Hitchcock, of San Diego. 



Golias eurydice. Bdv. 



Between the spring and autumn generations of this beautiful insect a great 

 variation occurs, which is quite constant in all the examples which have come 

 under my notice. In the spring specimens, which may be regarded as the 

 type, and which make their appearance in April and May, the secondaries of 

 the tf are wholly bright orange, without any spots or marks upon the margin, 

 except some brown dots to note the termination of the nervures, while the 9 

 is, with the exception of the large discal spot of the primaries, and a very 

 faint brown marginal line, quite immaculate. The autumn brood, however, 

 appearing in July and August, have the secondaries of the $<$ with a black 

 marginal border, sometimes one and one-half or two lines in width, and the 

 9 9 bave the margins distinctly marked with brownish patches, and occa- 

 sionally (though raeely) with a black submedian band, composed of clouded 

 patches, interrupted by the nervules, reaching from the «osta to the interior 

 margin. If deemed worthy of a name, I should propose for this strongly 

 marker! form that of 



C. eurydice. Var. Amorphce. Hy Edw. 



I have recently received from Mr. O. Barron, of Mendocino County, a mag- 

 nificent variety of this species, in which the whole of the yellow space of the 

 primaries (which usually bears the name of the " dog's head ") is suffused 

 with the richest purple, the orange being only slightly visible beneath it, thus 

 giving the insect a most striking appearance. 



Terias Nicippe. Cram. 



Taken in Kern County, by Mr. R. H. Stretch, and by Mr. Dunn and 

 others, near San Diego. 



Terias Mexicana. 



Taken in the neighborhood of San Diego by Miss Marcia Crane, and near 

 San Bernardino by the late G. R. Crotch. 



