82 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the submarginal obsolete on lower half; a yellow patch subapical on 

 costa, another outside arc of cell ; the two cellular spots yellow, dusted 

 red. 



Secondaries have all the spots clearly defined ; the marginal row red, 

 the second row of yellow lunules ; the third wholly red ; the fourth yel- 

 low, the spots of upper half elongated and cut unequally by a black line 

 from costa to lower discoidal nervule ; beyond to base red, with a straight 

 row of four confluent spots from costa to submedian, and a fifth at end 

 of cell. 



Female. — Expands 1.7 to 1.8 inch. 



Varies as the male, but some examples still more widely, the yellow 

 spots being very large. On the under side as in the male, except that 

 some examples have the red submarginal spots of secondaries slightly 

 edged with yellow ; in the more yellow upper side examples the yellow 

 edging to these spots is broader, and even sometimes extends along the 

 marginal side. 



This small Melitaea has long been known in collections, but till re- 

 cently I myself have seen few of them, and knew nothing of its localities 

 or habits. Mr. Bruce, who took great numbers of examples, says : " I 

 found it only on high mountain tops (in Colorado) ; this was strictly the 

 rule. These tops are in most cases extensive plains covered with flowers, 

 chiefly yellow Composite, and the Melitaeas in question sit on every 

 blossom in numbers, and are very sluggish — or rather I may say, they sit 

 and cling tightly to the flowers to prevent the brisk wind, that is generally 

 blowing at this elevation, from taking them away. I have never seen 

 them down the slope lower than a few hundred yards. It is an abundant 

 species on the Snowy Range at not lower than 12,000 feet, and must 

 appear early in June, as many of my specimens taken early in July are 

 rather worse for wear." 



The species comes also from Montana, Washington Terr., and British 

 America, in the Rocky Mts. 



2. M. Taylori. 



Male. — Expands from 1.6 to 1.8 inch. 



Upper side brown-black, the costal margin of primaries next base 

 dusted yellow ; marked with red and clay-yellow spots disposed in trans- 

 verse bands ; the hind margins have a common row of red spots, almost 



