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surface, but there it is deprived of the oblong crimson anal patch. 

 Yar. h. f similar to cur. L in outline, but deprived of the black 

 atoms, and the upper surface is bi-colored only, the crimson or pink 

 ocellations bein<j: replaced by pure white; below, the pinkish tinge is 

 scarcely perceptible; the interuo-marginal patch is also very large, 

 .1-1 inch in width, and infringes upon the sub-median nervure. 



Of all these varieties. I have seen more than three specimens of each, 

 excepting car. L, — in that case only two, — of var. a, I have before me, 

 nine examples, all exactly agreeing with its diagnosis — and although 

 some of them, separately might seem of specific value, arranged in a 

 continuous series, their close, and inseparable relationship is unmis- 

 takeable. 



I think it highly probable that both Smintheus and Nbmion are 

 derivatives from the same parent stem, the former being yet in pro- 

 cess of segregation, while the latter — most probably the older form — 

 has passed through its transitional stages, and now presents only con- 

 stant specific diagnostics. The chain of closely linked varieties of 

 Smintlwus, of which the highest (a 9 form yet to be noticed) ap- 

 proximates to Nomian, would seem to corroborate this supposition. 



JParn. Clarius, of California offers some little resemblance to some 

 of the male varieties, but not sufficient to consider that it has sprung 

 from the same root, nor more than is usual between the species of this 

 genus. 



The female does not seem to be so variable as the opposite sex, 

 although from the much fewer specimens examined, this, I am unable 

 to assert definitely. I have never come across any of the form de- 

 scribed by Mr. W. H. Edwards in the Proe. Acad. Nat. Sciences; all 

 which I have seen, were of the type of his Parn. Sayii, (Smin- 

 theus 9 ) more or less intensified. 



As described by Mr. Kdwards. and I have corroborated my views by 

 careful examination and comparison with the original specimen, it is 

 but a link between certain varieties of the male, and a heightened 

 form of the female, closely resembling Nbmion. 



The "three white spots running from the costa, each surrounded by 

 black," are simply dilations of the costal spots, and connecting bar of 

 the male. The deprivation of scarlet upon the fore wings, is by no 

 means distinctive, since we find a corresponding example in car. h, of 

 the male, in which, too, the ocellate spots of the hind wings under side, 

 are very pale centred, the pink, much lighter in shade than in Sayii 

 (Smintheus 9 )• The black patch on the inner margin is but en- 



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