230 THE entomologist's record. 



of all the American forms, and one which may possibly be a distinct 

 species, is caHfoniica, Dbldy., which I have taken abundantly in May, on 

 the dry foot-hills of Southern California, in the Yosemite Valley, at 3,000 

 feet, and in marshy forest meadows at Sissons, Oregon. What I 

 believe to be the 2nd brood of ealifoniica is known as eri/fu/ii, H. 

 Edw., and hrcnda, W. H. Edw., and differs in the much paler colour 

 of the underside. As I have seen nothing intermediate between any 

 of the Californian forms and those from the Northern Pacific coast 

 and Rocky Mountains, it may be better to consider valifornira as a 

 distinct species, but I can see no grounds for treating any of the other 

 American forms as distinct from tijihon. The male genitalia of all 

 these forms are alike, and do not difier from those of C. tij/hon. 



I had written the above notes on Ctwnonijmplia tiphtn when Mr. J. 

 Edwards (to whom I am indebted for the examination of the genitalia) 

 called my attention to Dr. Buckell's paper in the Fyntomulwjui's Record 

 for December, 1895. I have nothing to say with regard to his con- 

 clusions, except that isU is certainly more worthy of a name as a 

 geographical variety than what he calls the British middle form, 

 which in my own collection I am not able to separate. But I think 

 his careful attempt to identify the British forms with the names given 

 by Continental authors fails, because he had not sufficient foreign 

 specimens, and I prefer to abide by the nomenclature of Staudinger's 

 C'ataln(/u<', 1871, with the addition of the varieties which I have 

 mentioned in my notes. 



If my conclusions are accepted, the synonymy will stand as 

 follows : — 



CoeiKmi/nipha tiphon, Rott. (so spelt by Staudinger. I am not able 

 to refer to the original description). This name has two years priority 

 over danis of Fabricius, which must therefore be treated as a synonym. 

 Hab. : Northern, Central and Southern Germany, Sweden, Alps. 

 Some English specimens (the middle form of Buckell) may be, perhaps, 

 better grouped with this form, than with the typical Northern 

 Scotch and ? Irish form. This I call 



Var. et. ab. laiiJUm, Bork., because it occurs, according to 

 Staudinger, as an aberration in localities where tipluni is typical, 

 just as tiphon may occur as an aberration where lairh'on is typical. 



Var. et ab. philoxcnus, Esp. = rotldiehi, Stdgr,, occurs apparently 

 as a typical variety only in peat-bogs in England and North West 

 Germany, but probably as an aberration elsewhere [ride, p. 237. — Ed.] . 



Var. et ab. Ms, Thunb. — Hab. : North Russia, Finland, Northern 

 Scandinavia, Lapland, and parts of Siberia. As an aberration rarely 

 in Britain, and probably elsewhere. 



Var. rilwusis, Men. — Hab. : N. E. Siberia, on the Vilui river, and 

 probably elsewhere. 



? Var. caeca, Stdgr. {Stett. Ent. Zeit., 188G, p. 251).— Hab. : 

 Turkestan, S. Siberia. 



? Var. inornata, W. H. Edw. = ochracea, W\ H. Edw. — Hab. : 

 Rocky Mountain States of U. S. America. 



? Var. aiiipelos, W. H. Edw.— Hab. : Oregon, Washington, British 

 Columbia. 



? Var. hodiak, W. H. Edw.— Hab. : Alaska. 



? Var. caUfornica , Dbldy. -Hew. (= hrcuda). — Hab. : California, 

 Oregon. 



