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Orcus, Edw., is evidently an aberration with greatly reduced 

 maculation on underside, but of what species I cannot say as I have 

 not seen the type ; it should be in the Hy. Edwards' Collection. 



I'liaedrotes piasiii<, Bdv. — The species has been completely mis- 

 identified and placed as the Californian form of Iculon, Cram. 

 (pneiulaif/ioliis, B. and Le C). In reality the name applies to the 

 same species as that which has been known as sa<iitti;iera, Feld., and 

 has priority over this name. 



As far as I can judge by the material before me there are distinctly 

 two forms of this species ; the one has the underside rather pale grey 

 with the white area rather diffuse and not sharply defined outwardly 

 by dark subterminal lunules ; this is typical /liasus, and to judge by 

 F elder's figure (I do not know the type) aaaittiijera, Feld., also ; we 

 liave a series of this form from the higher mountain regions of Tulare 

 Co., California, the other form has the underside much darker, the 

 white area more distinct and sharplj^ defined and the subterminal dark 

 lunules of secondaries more prominent and often tinged with reddish ; 

 this form is before me from the southern coast region (Los Angeles) 

 ^nd the Rocky Mountams extending from New Mexico to British 

 Columbia ; catalina, Heak., with rhaea, Bdv., as a synonym would 

 .apply to the coast form of S. California, the vicinity of Los Angeles 

 being practically the type locality for both names, whilst if necessary 

 •to differentiate the Rocky Mt. form, dannict, Edw., may still be used ; 

 the only point of difference I can point out between Rocky Mt. 

 specimens and those from S. California is that the former show black 

 ■ocelli to the submarginal lunules preceding the anal angle of second- 

 aries, which are absent in the few specimens before me from the 

 neighbourhood of Los Angeles. 



I do not know to which form lorquini, Behr, and viaca, Edw.. 

 would refer ; very possibly they would become synonyms of typical 

 piasus. 



Philntf's yet/ia, Bdv. — This is correctly listed as a synonym of 

 sonorensis, Feld. 



Af/riadi'ii nestos, Bdv. — -This name and also tehawa, Reak., are 

 correctly placed as synonyms of puihure, Feld. 



Uiifiticits eno/itc's, Bdv. — Typical eimptea has a broad black border to 

 upperside of both wings, checkered fringes on primaries onl;/, and on 

 underside the submarginal lunules tinged with red outwardly, which 

 colour does not form a broad continuous band occupying the whole 

 subterminal space ; the ground colour of the underside is greenish- 

 grey. I do not at all concur wath Dr. [Skinner's opinion {Ent. Xeicii, 

 xxii., 259j that e)iopte.s, Bdv., (/lancon, Edw., and hlattoides, Behr, 

 are one species ; I imagine that Dr. Skinner has never seen the true 

 hlattoides : I certainly never had it until last year, when we received a 

 splendid series from an altitude of 11,000 ft. in Tulare Co., California, 

 a spot very close to the type locality of similar altitude. Behr very 

 aptly compared his species with the European battns = orio7i, Pall., and 

 in the heavy (juadrate black markings of the underside it even sur- 

 passes this species ; the fringes of upperside are checkered on botJt winps 

 prominently, the outer black border of secondaries tends to break up 



