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than the fore wings, whilst in the Scotch specimens they are dis- 

 tinctly darker. On the under surface of the fore wings it is notice- 

 able that the apical ocellated spot is much more developed in the 

 American than in the Scotch specimens. The marked feature of 

 the under surface of the hind wings is the entire absence of ocellated 

 spots in the four upper specimens ; on the lowest there is just a trace 

 of one. In four of the Scotch specimens there is likewise an entire 

 abscence of ocellated spots. On the whole, I am disposed to adhere 

 to the opinion that I expressed provisionally in 1895 that C inor- 

 nate is not sufficiently different from C. tiphon var. laidion to be 

 worthy of a varietal name." (Ent. Rec, 9, 99, 1897). 



C. inomata Edw. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., p, 163, 1861. 



'•Male:— Expands 1.4 inch. Upper side ochrey -brown, lighter in the disk of 

 all the wings; costal margin of primaries and abdominal margin of secondaries 

 greyish, no spots above or below; fringe grey, crossed by darker line. Under 

 side: Primaries same color as above from the base to beyond the middle, then a 

 transverse sinuous ray of paler color, and beyond this to hind margin greyish : 

 sometimes this ray disappears, the basal color extending nearly to the apex ; sec- 

 ondaries grey, with a slight greenish tinge, darker from base to middle, and this 

 shade separated from the paler margin by a transverse, tortuous, interrupted ray, 

 the course of which is parallel to the hind margin. 



" Female -.—Wholly dull ochrey yellow, marked as in the male." 



" Lake Winnipeg. From Mr. Robert Kennicott." 

 This species is readily distinguished by its rich dark color, being 

 the darkest of all the species except haydenii. Like all the other 

 species it has ocelli. Mr. Edwards' specimens were evidently devoid 

 of ocelli, as he says " no spots above or below." 

 The ocelli record is as follows : 



Primaries. Secondaries. 

 Upper side : 4 specimens 1 



8 " 



Underside: 2 " <» 



11 " 1 o 



Of these eleven specimens one has five faint points on inferiors 

 below and one has one taint point. Two specimens are without 

 locality labels; two are from Qu'appele, Assa., Canada; and the 

 remainder are from Minneapolis, Minn., taken June 18th to July 

 4th. The species Hies in Montana, Minn., Brit. America, Newfound- 

 land and Europe. 



I see no reason to doubt Dr. Buckell's conclusion in regard to 

 inornate and laidion. I have European specimens which I have 

 compared with inornate and find them the same. 



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