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lo9-. MELITAEA AUGUSTA Edw. 

 Augusta's Checker. 

 Similar to M. chalcedon, but the red predominates ; first a margi- 

 nal band of small red spots, second, yellow crescents, red ringed, third, 

 either wholly yellow, or yellow with red edges, on hind wings wholly 

 red ; fourth, red, yellow on hind wings. At end of cell are four or five 

 yellow spots. Two yellow spots below cell, with black between, two yel- 

 low spots in cell, with a red line between them. Beneath, red, yellow 

 spots repeated much enlarged ; outside cell is a large red spot, heavily 

 black-edged ; hind wings have margin red, second row yellow, third, red, 

 fourth, yellow, then red to base. Expands l.GO to 2.20. 



165-. MELITAEA BRUCEII Edw. 

 Bruce's Checker. 

 Dark brown, common marginal band red, in some, yellow in others, 

 or partly red and partly yellow; third row, red on fore wings and yellow 

 on hind pair, on hind pair the reverse. In one form the red predomi- 

 nates, in another, the yellow. Expands 1.50 to 1.70. Habitat, Mon- 

 tana, Washington, and British America, in the Rocky Mountains. 



IGo-. MELITAEA TAYLORI Edw. 



Taylor's Checker. 

 Similar to 'SI. rubicunda, but smaller, spots beneath white, or white 

 yellow-tinted. Expands 1.70 to 1.80. Habitat, Vancouver's Island. 



Note on Phyciodes, P. caraillus and its two sub-species, pallada 

 and mata, have been taken at Banf, Canada, l)y ^Ir. H. K. Burrison. 



20 1-. Synchloe adjutrix, an additional description is as follows. 

 Black above, with a sub-marginal row of white dots, two at end of cell, 

 two above these, a little nearer base, one in cell, one above and one be- 

 loAV it, these three forming an oblique line. On hind wings is a large 

 chestnut patch, Avith a black dot in cell. Beneath, spots on fore wings 

 repeated, enlarged, two extra at base and three only on outer margin. 

 On hind wings a row of sub-marginal yellow spots, then a row of white 

 dots; then a band of chestnut red on lower two-thirds of wing against 

 a ocherous yellow patch, that occupies base and contains three rows of 

 black spots. Expands 2.50. 



