GENUS MELIT.EA 155 



171. Melitaea Nubigena. 

 Plate XIX: Figures 171, a. 



Fig. 171, Male, Colorado, no data; received from D. 

 Bruce, 

 a, Male, underside, no data ; received from D. 

 Bruce. 

 Nubigena is a mountain butterfly, inhabiting the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and the mountains of the Great Basin, in Utah, X'^evada, and 

 all the States to the north, and the southern provinces of Can- 

 ada. I do not know that it has ever been taken in any of the West 

 Coast States proper, but it is very probable that it may be found 

 in the mountains of Idaho and of Eastern Oregon and Washing- 

 ton. 



l\ Capella, Barnes, a variety of Nubigena, occurring in Colo- 

 rado, has been named Capella, but I know nothing of it. Pre- 

 sumably it is a local form, not coming to the West Coast region. 



172. Melitaea Helvia. 



No figure. 

 Helvia was taken at Ramparts, on the Yukon River, probably in 

 the year 1868; the collector's name is unknown to me; but one 

 specimen was taken, and that one is supposed to have been lost in 

 the great fire at Chicago, so as it never was figured, it is lost com- 

 pletely. For, in a complex genus like Melitxa a description in 

 words only will scarcely suffice to hold the name. 



173. Melitaea Sterope. 



No figure. 

 "Size, 1.80 to 1.90. Blackish-brown above, with light mark- 

 ings. Beneath, hind wings, marginal crescents with edging of 

 black on both sides, and within this row is a black band that con- 

 tains a series of yellowish dots, each white-pupilled ; base, yellow- 

 ish, with six white spots." As this is a species quite unknown to 

 me, I have given the main points of the description. I have hunted 

 butterflies in Oregon a good deal, but I never happened to meet 

 this butterfly. It has never been figured. 



174. Melitaea Gabbi. 



Plate XIX; Figures 174, b, c. 



Fig. 174, Male, Southern California, 1885; Author. 



b. Female, Southern California, 1899; Author. 



c, Female, underside, Southern California, 1903 ; 



Author. 



