Brodiaca Candida Greene. I listed this species in "Plants 

 of Los Angeles County" as B. laxa. and subsequently reported 

 finding the latter near Tehachapi. In both instances it ought 

 to have been B. Candida. The species is a handsome one and 

 is much superior to B. laxa as an ornamental plant. The name 

 is somewhat unfortunate as it is invariably of a light blue 

 color. 



Laothoe angustifolium (Kell) Greene. Some specimens of 

 this were sent to Mr. E. Braunton from near Riverside. 

 Jepson's Flora gives its Southern limit as Milton, San Joaquin 

 Valley. 



Zephyranthes longifolia Hemsl. In a marsh just south of 

 Lordsburg, N. M. This is not listed in Heller's catalogue as 

 found in the U. S. 



Phyllospadix torreyi Wats. My son Ronald gathered this 

 at Balboa from some floating wreck. It has been reported 

 from Santa Barbara and Catalina Island. 



Notes and Additions to the List of Southern California 



Lepidoptera. 



Fordyce Grinnell, Jr. 



Thecla spadix Henry Edwards. This is one of the most 

 local and rare butterflies in Southern California. The writer 

 has not taken any specimens since June 1903, and then only 

 in a very limited area along the Mt. Wilson toll road. Mr. 

 J. E. Brown took specimens on Mt. Lowe in June 1902. It was 

 described from one female specimen taken at Tehachapi Pass 

 in 1884 by R. H. Stretch, and was not recorded again till 1902, 

 nor the male described. It is a characteristic species, and is 

 sexually dimorphic. 



Rusticus monticola Clemence. Described in the Canadian 

 Entomologist, for January 1909, from the Arroyo Seco Canyon, 

 above Switzer's camp, San Gabriel mountains, near Pasadena, 

 in June. Also taken on Mt. Wilson, and doubtless found on 

 the higher parts of all the mountains. It is a good subspecies 

 or geographical variation, and interesting bionomically. 



Hemiargus isola Reakirt. A specimen was caught in 

 Eaton's Wash, near Pasadena, June 26, 1910, by Mr. V. L. 

 Clemence. Not previously recorded from this region. 



Calpodes ethlius Cramer. This species of skipper is com- 

 mon in the tropical gulf states, especially Florida, where it 

 feeds on the Canna. Mr. William Schrader bred three speci- 

 mens in Los Angeles from Canna in July 1906 ; he has looked 

 for it, carefully, since then, but has not rediscovered it. This 

 is an accidental occurrence, and it may not succeed in estab- 

 lishing itself. 



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