DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 7 



Neumoegen ; and 1 % sent me by Mr. Lintner, marked '' Pueblo, 

 Colorado." 



Pholisora Pirus, Edw., %; Field and Forest ,3, 144. 1878. 



Female. — Expands .9 inch. Lighter brown on both sides than the male and 

 marked in same manner. 



The male was described nearly as follows : 



Expands .9 to 1 inch. Upper side glossy dark brown ; primaries have three 

 small yellow spots near apex, a point in each of the two median interspaces ; also 

 one within and near end of cell just below subcostal; secondaries immaculate; 

 fringes light brown. Under side of both wings castaneous, the disk of primaries 

 blackened ; the spots repeated, a little enlarged, yellow. Body fuscous ; below the 

 thorax gray-brown, abdomen same, reddish at sides and extremity; legs reddish; 

 palpi white at base, yellow above with many black hairs; antennae black with 

 five rings of yellow, on under side yellow ; club black, tip ferruginous. 



Hah. — Southern Colorado. 



Neonympha Henshawi = Euptychia Hennhawl, Edw., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 

 5, 205. 

 This species Wtis originally taken in Arizona and New Mexico. Mr. 

 Neumoegen took several examples at Oak Creek Canon, Colorado. The 

 species resembles N. Gemma Hubner; is twice as hu'ge and russet^ 

 beneath. The female also is russet above. 



I<einoilias Nais = Ghrr/aophanus Nais, Edw., Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 5, 291, 



Described from a single % taken formerly by Dr. Smart in South 

 California, and a 9 received from Prescott, Arizona. Since taken at 

 Denver, Colorado, (IS) and found to be common in Southern Colorado, 

 at Oak Creek Canon, by Mr. Neumoegen. The species belongs to the 

 sub-family Erycinidne, not to the Lycajnidae. Its habits are veiy differ- 

 ent from Chrysophanus, according to Mr. Neumoegen alighting on the 

 sand, etc. 



Mr. Neumoegen writes thus : " Ntt in appeared at first about the 

 middle of July, in Oak Creek Canon, but was most abundant toward 

 the end of the month and beginning of August, entirely disappearing 

 by the middle of August. It was always found on open clearings 

 (which in a Canon means the highway, as there is^ no other clearing), 

 flying from 10 A. M. to 2 p. m., and invariably settling near moist 

 places. Its flight is of a rapid, zigzag character, much resembling 

 Melitfea." 



I sent a pair of iVnis to Mr. A. Gr. Butler, to ask in what genua 

 of Erycinidaj it should stand, and received the following reply : " Zool. 

 Dept. Brit. Mus., 22 Nov., 1880. I do not wonder at your describing 

 the little butterfly as a Chrysophanus. It was a most natural mistake, 

 considering that the coloring and pattern are quite Uke that genus^ 



