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mitted a copy of this figure to the Author of Chlorina, asking if 

 it was Chlorina, and he rephed, "It may represent the female of 

 Chlorina, but I can't be sure, as my three specimens are males." 

 I myself have never seen the male of Chlorina, although I have 

 hunted butterflies in the typical habitat many seasons. Indeed, 

 from the description of Chlorina, as printed in Ent. News, Jan., 

 1892, I had always supposed that Chlorina was a variant female 

 of Acmon, but now that the male is found, it must be a full species. 



381a. Lycaena Neurona. 



No figure. 



Neurona is described from several female specimens, the male 

 not being mentioned. The fore wings black, "with the nerves 

 of the wings orange, terminating in swellings or slight expansions 

 parallel to the outer margin ;" the hind wings black, with an 

 orange border, in which are five small black dots parallel to the 

 margin, and the nerves toward base are orange for a short dis- 

 tance. 



This appears to be a variant female Acmon. I am well ac- 

 quainted with the type locality ; it is a high mountain valley, 6,500 

 feet in altitude, the northern and eastern sides being bordered by 

 the Mojave Desert. But few forms of butterfly life are present 

 there, but the few which do occur may well be variations of one 

 kind or another. The locality is Doble, at the upper end of Bear 

 Valley, in San Bernardino County, Cal. : the grassy valley is sur- 

 rounded with pine-clad mountains. 



382. Lycaena Melimona, n. v. Not elsewhere illustrated. 

 Plate XXIX ; Figures 382, b, c, cc. 



Fig. 382, Female, San Bernardino Mts., June, 1886 ; 

 Author. 



b, Female, San Bernardino Mts., June, 1895 ; 



Author. 



c. Female, underside, San Bernardino Mts., June, 

 1895 ; Author. 



cc, Female, underside, San Bernardino Mts., June, 

 1889; Author. 

 I give four figures of a new form of variant female of Acmon, 

 over which I have puzzled many years ; at first I thought it a hy- 

 brid of Melissa and Acmon, and so gave it a name from both of 

 the supposed parents, but later I came to see that it is only a 



