THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



From 6 ^ , 4 ^ , taken by Mr. Morrison on the plains of Dacotah 

 Terr., May, 18S1. 



Varujia belongs to same sub-group with Uhleri, Reak ; the fore wings, 

 especially of the male, being narrow and produced. On the under side 

 Uhleri is very white. Mr. Reakirt described the hind wings as '• marbled 

 with irregular markings of white, black and brownish scales, sometimes 

 congregated into spots ; at others, disposed in transverse lines, the darkest 

 portions nearest the base, the color decreasing outwards ; the waves from 

 the outer border of the transverse band (up to base) are so interlaced 

 and contiguous as to preclude all possibility of tracing any inner outline 

 to this band ; this outer is more distinct, yet not nearly so well or clearly 

 defined as in the allied species ; the reticulations appear to be diffused 

 over the whole surface." 



This description was made from a single pair taken by the late Mr. 

 James Ridings, on Pike's Peak, in 1864, and late in the year, as to my 

 knowledge, J^Ir. Ridings did not begin to collect before last of August or 

 September. The expanse of the ^ is given as 1.75 inch, the $, 1.69. 

 Since that date many examples have been brought in, and the species is 

 not uncommon in collections. It varies greatly. I have 11 ,^,3 $ , in 

 my own collection. All are larger than Mr. Reakirt's specimens seem to 

 have been, the smallest ^ expanding 1.7 inch, the largest 2.05. The 

 average expanse of the 11 is 1.88 inch. The females expand 2.1, 2.15, 

 2.2, averaging 2.15 inch. On the other hand, my Varuna males run from 

 1.6 to 1.75, averaging 1.7 inch; and the females average 1.88. Varuna 

 therefore is considerably the smaller of the two. 



It is also darker colored on upper surface, being red-brown most often, 

 less commonly yellowish, while Uhleri is pale yellow-brown, and some- 

 times decidedly whitish — though I have one which is red-brown, plainly 

 an exceptional case, as out of many which have passed through my hands, 

 this was saved as the only dark one. 



In the ocelli, their number and shape, the two species are alike. 



On the under side, Uhleri is white, that being the predominating color 

 on the hind wings especially. In 6 ^ , there is no trace of a band, the 

 brown waves, as Reakirt calls them, being distributed pretty evenly over 

 the whole surface, sometimes much broken, or macular ; in one of these 

 the brown is almost obsolete, and the surface is white with some fine 

 streaks and a dusting of brown. In 5 ^ , there is a concentration of the 

 waves upon the disk and basal area so as to give an indistinct band, the 



