( 44!) ) 



red as the apical costal jiatcli of the foiewiiig (sumiucr I)r<iotl ? Oar other dated 

 individuals ol' Kenta were caught in May). 



I lab. liocicy Mouutains, I'mni New Mexico to Montana. 



lu the Triug Museum .54 specimens from: New Mexico; Culorado (Oshirj ; 

 Clear Creek, Bericeley (v.), Platte Canon (ToOd ft.), Colorado Springs, Ft. ('ullins ; 

 Montaua. 



r. //. ili/liiii^ t//ctif<. 

 '>'M,irrorih,s», th<-t;^ Boisduval, Bnll. Su,-. K,il. Fnni.-r \>. .•(■_' (1S.".:>) (Calif. : -coll. Charles Oborthiir). 



c??. Legs totally black, or hindtibia with jiale hairs near base; tail entirely 

 black. 



Two principal forms, which are not seasonal : — 



i/'. 11. (lilfiiiis tltcti6 f. tlu-ti.'<. 



"^Marrni/hssa llidis Boisduval, l.r. : Cirote & Kob., Piur. E„l. S„r. Phil. id. v. p. Hl2 (isi;.",) ; Boisd. 

 Ann. Sue. Kill. liehj. xi). p. Oo (IS(iO) ; Grote & Kob., Tnnis. Amcr. Kiit. S,,.-. iii. p 1 T'J (1S70); 

 Boisd., Sper. (jni. Lqi. /let. i. p. ;^li«. n. oT (1H7.J). 



.SV.s/Vi llicti.-^, Grote & Rob., Tr<ni.'<. Amri: Eiil. S,,,-. i, p. :!2.'). t. G. f. ;!(i (IKOS), 



lli'murU tlietis, Grote, Hull. Unffido Sor. N. .Sr. i. p. ;'). IS. t. 1 f.7 (1«74) ; Edw., I'roc. C'ldif. Ar. Sr. 

 vi. p. S7 (187G) (coast range, v. vi.) ; id., l.r. ii. p. 224. n. 1 (1H75) ; id., /.-■. iii. p. 220. n. 1 

 (1877) (Calif.) ; Butl., l.r. ix. p. bV.K n. (I (1877) ; Grote, Cinnid. Ent. xviii. !>. i:!0. n. 2 (ISSC.) : 

 Smith, l.r. xv. p. 00 (1W8) (Calif.) ; Kirby, Cut. Lei>. Ilrl. i. p. (127. n. 'lit (18'.»2). 



Uriiiuris [lalpalh Grote, Bull. Bnffabi Sor. N. .^'r. ii. p. 14y. 224. n. 2 (187;')) (Gilroy) ; Edw., /'/...■. 

 C'ldif. Ar. Sr. vi. p. S',1 (1S7I)) (Gilroy, California, not Gilroy, Brit. Columbia) : Grote, l.r. iii. 

 p. 220. n. 2 (1877) (California) ; Butl., Tnm.^. Zoul. Sm: Loud. ix. p. bVX n. .! (1.S77) : Grote, 

 Caiiad. Ent. xviii. p. 130 n. 1 (188G) ; Smith, Tranx. Amcr. Ent. S.ic. xv. p. W (1S8S) : Kirby, 

 Cat. Lep. Uet. i. p. 626. n. 23 (1892). 



llrniai-ix riihcnx Edwards, Prur. Calif. Ar. Sr. vi. p. 8K (1S7G) (Oregon ; Lake Tahoe) ; Grote, Jiidl 

 Buffalo Sor. N. Sr. iii. p. 220. n. 3 (1877) ; id., Cinnid. Ent. xviii. p. 130. n. 4 (188G) ; Smith, 

 /.(■. XV. p. 'J2. t. 4. f. 2 (genit.) (1888) (Oregon : Calif.) ; Kirby, Cat. Lcp. Hit. i. p. G27. n. 27 

 (1892) ; Beutenm., Bull. Aniei: Mni X. II. iv. p. 170 (1802) (Oregon, ex coll. Hy. Edwards). 



(? ? . Hindtibia with a tuft of }iale hairs near base, or nearly entirely pale- 

 liaircd : besides abdominal tergitcs and 7, generally also middle of tergite o pale ; 

 some specimens have the fifth tergite, however, black like the fourtii. Hizc 

 variable ; our summer sjiecimeus from Arizona are as large as (U(liitis f. iuiHt.(////i//i.'<, 

 and have the wing borders far more red than ordinary thctis. Possibly the summer 

 lirood, at least of the southern districts of the range oi thetis, are mostly large and 

 reddish on the wing ; if that is the case, the form should be kejit separate as f. aest. 

 ritbens. 



"We doubt that the yelhiw colour of the palpi of the individual called jia/j/nlis 

 was natural ; the specimen, if preserved, should be carefully examined ; possii)ly 

 the yellow colour is due to the ])resence of [lollcn. 



(/. J/, ili/linis thctis f. c>/iiO(/lo.sist(/H. 



llriimris rynuijltis'-uin Edwards, I'lix. Calif, ,1c. Sc. vi. p. 88 (187G) (Calif. ; Vancouver 1.) ; Grote. 

 Ball. Buffalo Sor. ^\ Sc. iii. p. 220. n. 4 (1877) : Butl., Papilio i. p. 103 (1881) ; Grote, Canad. 

 Ent. xviii. p. 130. n. 3 (1886) ; Smith, l.r. xv. )>. 01 (1888) (Calif. : Vancouver) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Liji. Ilrl. i. p. G27. n. 30 (1802) ; Beuteum., Bull. An,a: Mas. X. II iv. [i. 170 (1802) (3 sjiecini. 

 ex coll lly. Edwards). 



df ¥ . Hindtibia (piite black ; tifth abdominal tergite black like fourth, seldimi 

 at each side of middle of the colour of the sixth and seventh. No structural 

 dilfercnce from f. thctis. 



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