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One female, in poor condition, W'atchung Mountains, New Jersey, 

 May 6, 1900 (W. D. Kearfoot ) ; in the collection of The American 

 Museum of Natural History. A pencil lahcl attached to the specimen 

 says " Garrett Rock," so that this individual was probably captured in 

 the same general res^ion where the preceding; and followini^; butter- 

 flies were taken. 



One male, in good condition, W'atchung Mountains, between 

 Paterson and Great Notch, Passaic County, New Jersey, April 30, 

 1905 (F. E. Watson) ; in author's collection. 



One old male, Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey. June 2, 

 1920 (A. B. Klots) ; in the collection of A. P.. Klots. 



Argynnis aphrodite alcestis Edwards. 



On page 45 of ilie lluilctin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 

 1913. \'ol. \'11I, I recorded the capture of a specimen of alcestis 

 Edwards in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City. As two races can- 

 not occur in the same region, this specimen should be reduced in 

 rank to an aberration of A. aphrodite aphrodite (Fabricius). While 

 it is practically identical in appearance with alcestis, its blood rela- 

 tionship is with aphrodite and alcestis should not be considered one 

 of our local entities. 



Brenthis bellona ab. kleenei, new aberration. 



This aberration differs from typical bellona (Fabricius), in having the 

 entire area of both wings black from the base to just inside the extra-mesial 

 scries of round black spots. On the primaries there is a distinct subquadrate 

 spot of fulvous near the center, and an obsolete line (scarcely discernible) of 

 the same color at the end, of the cell. There is a dusting of fulvous scales 

 at the base, extending along the costa to nearly the middle of the wing and 

 along the inner margin to the fulvous terminal area. The extra-mesial series 

 of spots is greatly reduced, the upper three being obsolete, the two between 

 veins 2 and 4 are strongest. The geminate submarginal band is practically 

 obsolete. The outer series is reduced to a slight dusting of black scales on 

 the veins and the inner row to a series of four faint rounded spots between 

 veins 2 and 6. This scries of spots is also closer to the extra-mesial scries 

 than in normal individuals. Secondaries with an obsolete (scarcely discern- 

 ible) fulvous line at the end of the cell. The spots of the extra-mesial series 

 arc all present but smaller than normal. The submarginal series of elongate 

 spots is also present but reduced and somewhat sutTused, and together with the 

 marginal series of T-shaped spots (which arc also suffused) forms an indis- 

 tinct blackish marginal band. This band merges with the black basal area at 



