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butterfly peculiar to the Pacific coast, of which the female does not 

 have the intense large black area which the male has ; Colias enry- 

 thevie, one of the summer forms of eriplnjle, and a series of the 

 beautiful race ariaihie; Cmnonyrnplia cnlifnrnica, the spring gen. 

 (/alartiuHfi of an almost white colour, another purely western species; 

 a long varied series of the richl}^ coloured Melitaa cJialcedoii, abun- 

 dant in parts of California ; IHone vanillm, a species occurring 

 throughout almost the whole of the United States, the West Indies, 

 and South America to the Argentine, its silvered underside making 

 it very conspicuous ; Pi/raineis canje, a " painted lady " with a very 

 extended range, like its eastern ally P. cardui; Leinonios rirgnlti 

 an Erycinid; Brephidiuin e.rilis, one of the smallest species of 

 butterfly in the world, and much used for enclosing in jewellery in 

 America ; the very widely spread Jnnonia ccenia, another species 

 with close allies in the West Indies and the Argentine ; a rare 

 "blue" [Lycana) avahm, from the island of Santa Caterhina in 

 Southern California ; Ritsti'cns [Lycmna) acmon, a species occurring 

 right across the States ; I'hanaos finwralis, a black " skipper" with 

 white fringes ; Painphila brettus and Atrytone inclane, two other 

 species of Hesperiidic ; with a pair of Phryxiis livornica race Uncatay 

 also a very widely spread species. 



He also showed the specimen of P^iinvicKsa antiojia, bred from a 

 pupa exhibited by Mr. Hugh Main at a previous meeting, from the 

 south of France. 



Mr. Turner then read a letter of which the following is an 

 extract : — 



" 812, Stevenson Avenue, Pasadena, California. 

 " oth Oct., 20. 



" I am sending you a few of the common Californian butterflies 

 it) a cigar box. I have been unfortunate in many cases in not being 

 on the spot when the insects first appeared, hence many of them are 

 worn, but they give you a fair idea of what we have here. The 

 most fruitful place for them is the mountains, but my health pro- 

 hibits me from going up there, as they are from 2,000 to 10,000 ft. 

 high, exceedingly rugged, and I have to trust to occasional visits in 

 a friend's car, to be able to get there. There are a few good 

 trails that are accessible by car, but too far to walk. My doctor has 

 prohibited me from either going up the mountains or the glorious 

 canyons, which are the great spots for collecting. One accustomed 

 to our English moist climate can hardly understand the dryness of 

 this — until the 24 Sept. we had not a drop of rain since about the 



