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STUDIES IN THE GENUS THANAOS 



Godman and Salvin, Biologia Cent-Amer., Lepid., ii, 456, t. 91, figs. 10, 11, 



12, male, 13, 14, female. 

 Holland Butterfly Book, p. 336, pi. 48, fig. 12, male. 

 Wright, Butterflies West Coast, pi. 32, f. 468, female and fig. 464, female 



(not clitus). 



Distribution. — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, 

 California; Mexico; Central America; Colombia. 



Records. — Platte Canyon, Colorado, V, VII, (Oslar); Chimney Gulch, 

 Golden, Colorado, VI, (Oslar) ; Southern Utah, (Poling) ; New Mexico, 

 (Snow) ; Bastrop, Texas, (Lintner) ; Round Mountain, Blanco County, 



Thanaos funeralis Scudder and Burgess. 



Texas, VI, 23, (Schaupp) ; New Braunfels, Texas, (Schaupp) ; Southwestern 

 Texas, (Aaron); Rio Grande, Texas, (Lintner); Jerome, Arizona, IX, 9, 

 (Haskin); Goldwad, Arizona, IX, 19, (Haskin); Florence, Arizona, (Bieder- 

 man); Reef, Arizona, X, 11, (Biederman); Carr Canyon, Huachauca Moun- 

 tains, Arizona, VIII, (Skinner) ; Mount Graham, Arizona, 1882, (Morrison) ; 

 Los Angeles County, California, IV; Soldiers Home, Los Angeles County, 

 California; Burbank, California, IV, 9, (Haskin); San Bernardino, Cali- 

 fornia, VI; San Diego, California; Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, VIII, 12, 

 (Calvert); La Joya, Mexico, VIII, 10, (Hoag); Colima, Mexico. 

 The early date of the Colorado record may be incorrect. 



Expanse 17, 19, 20 mm. 



This species is appropriately named as it is very dark and sombre 

 looking with few markings and has a conspicuous pale patch on 



