172 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 



the whole surface, with reddish hairs, which are longest toward the base; the 

 submarginal row of ocelli similar to those of caryce, only with white pupils. 

 The under side is that of Atalanta, the abdomen being neither black nor red, 

 but brownish, the color of the anal margin of the hind wings. Altogether it 

 is a very remarkable production of the two species, and should be figured, so 

 that such an interesting hybrid may not be lost. 



Limenitis Lorquini. Bdv. 



In all the specimens I have received from Vancouver Island, the ground 

 color of the under side has a purple tint in place of the snuff-brown of the 

 usual form, and in two specimens received from near Virginia City, Nevada, 

 taken by Mr. W. Eaves, I note more remarkable changes. On the upper side 

 the white macular band is very narrow, and is edged on the secondaries pos- 

 teriorly by a very distinct row of ovate orange spots, reaching quite to the 

 costa, while inside the ochreous apical patch of the primaries, and beneath 

 the outer band of three white spots, which is peculiar to the species, there is 

 a duplex spot also of orange. Beneath, the wings have considerably more 

 white than the type, and the basal spots of the secondaries are clear white 

 and oblong in shape. I desire to record this well-marked variety by the name 

 of Limenitis Lorquini. Var. Eavesii. Hy. Edw. 



Coenonympha Eryngii. n. var. Hy. Edw. 



Under this name I wish to recognize a remarkable form of G. californica, 

 taken by me in considerable numbers at Soda Springs, Siskiyou County, in 

 the fall of 1875. The upper side is exactly that of 0. californica, var. galac- 

 tina, wanting the black or dusky hairs at the base of the wings, the thorax and 

 abdomen being concolorous. The under side is characterised by the usual 

 straight band on the primaries and the waved or dentate line of the seconda- 

 ries, but there is an utter absence of points, spots or ocelli, in this respect 

 closely approachiug the ornamentation of 0. inornata. I took this insect only 

 in one locality, flying about the beautiful Eryngium petiolatum, Hook, which 

 here attains a large size, and a most brilliant bluish color. 



Size of C. californica. Soda Springs, Siskiyou County, Cal. Hy. Edw., 

 August. (11 J 1 ; 9 $ ; Coll. Hy. Edw.) 



Thecla so'piwm. n. var. fulvescens. Hy. Edw. 



A very strongly marked variety of T. scepium occurs rarely throughout the 

 State. It is us\;ally smaller than the type, and very much paler in color, be- 

 ing occasionally of a golden brown instead of chestnut tint. The fringes are 

 whiter than in T. scepium, the under side much fainter in color, with the 

 markings less pronounced, and the submarginal band always more distinctly 

 edged with white. It may prove ultimately to be a new species, but for the 

 present I prefer to regard it as a variety of the common form alluded to. 



Lake Tahoe, Hy. Edw Tehachepi Pass, R. H. Stretch. Havilah, Kern 

 County, R. H. Stretch. (2 tf ; 2 $ ; Coll. Hy. Edw.) 



Thecla melinus. Var. pudica. n. var. Hy. Edw. 



I have before me two specimens (^ 9 ) °f an insect which at first sight ap- 

 peared to me a new species, but which I now think can only be considered a 



