LEPIDOPTERA 489 



Pieris napi Linn. 



Fieri s na/>i 'Lxtit^i., Faun. Siiec, 271, 1761. 

 Twenty-two examples. 



Var. bryoniae Ochs. 



One female : Muir Inlet, June 1 1 . 



Var. hulda Edw. 



Eighteen examples: Kadiak, July 20; Cook Inlet, July 21 ; Kukak 

 Bay, July 5 ; Juneau, July 25 ; Popof Island, July 13 ; mainland near 

 Shumagin Islands, July (Mr. Palache) . 



Var. acadica Edw. ? 



Three examples : Kukak Bay, July 5. 



Rather smaller than the figure of acadica Edw. and the gray dusting 

 of secondaries more extensive. 



Family LYCiENID^E. 

 Chrysophanus dorcas Kirb. 



Chrysophamis dorcas Kirb., Faun. Bor. Am., 4, 229, pi. 4, 1837. 



Thirteen examples: Kadiak, July 20; Cook Inlet, July 21. 



The specimens vary enough to easily cover Edwards' description of 

 florus, which is thus seen to be simply a synonym of dorcas Kii"b. 



Family HESPERID.E. 

 Pamphila palaemon Pall. 

 Pamphila palcEinoH Pall., Raise i, 471, 1771. 

 Five examples : Kukak Bay, July 5. 



Family ARCTIID^. 

 Platarctia parthenos Harr. 

 Platarctia parthe7ios Harr., Agassiz, Lake Sup., 390, 1850. 



Three examples : Kadiak, July 5 ; Popof Island, July 13. 



All very red, the wings and thorax strongly tinged with red, the 

 spots of fore wings large and yellowish. 



Platarctia subnebulosa Dyar. 



Platarctia subnebulosa Dvar, Ent. News, 10, 130, 1899. 



Two examples : Point Clarence, St. Paul Island. 



Both females with the wings only partly expanded. One example 

 is very red, the marks of fore wings reduced, leaving extensive yellow 

 areas ; the other has the normal markings, but blackish brown, not 

 strongly reddened. 



