246 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



b, Female, Southern California, Sept. 15, 1889; 



Author. 



c, Female, underside, Southern California, Sept. 



15, 1889; Author. 



The male was described in 1883 by W. H. Edwards, from two 

 males, one from Texas and the other from Eastern Arizona ; the 

 female has never before been described or figured. There is a 

 little valley in Southern California where this species is found ; I 

 have taken the pairs in copula many times, and have had the spe- 

 cies under observation for many years. It is extremely local. The 

 female Brettoides, as shown above, is very different from the male, 

 yet not so widely as in Brettus. The female greatly resembles 

 the female Campestris, so much so that by the upper side alone 

 you cannot always separate them, but the underside is peculiar, 

 and unlike any other Pamphila, the hind wing having six or eight 

 little brown dots on a plain buffy ground, and no light spots at all. 



In spring of 1897 I observed a female Brettoides ovipositing 

 on rose leaves, and captured it to make sure of the species, as that 

 is a plant unknown as a larval food-plant for Pamphilas. If any 

 one else had reported the fact, I should have doubted. Many years 

 ago Mr. W. H. Edwards mentioned Brettoides to me, and sug- 

 gested that I look out for the female, saying that it probably was 

 black, like Brettus. But it is now apparent that Brettoides has 

 nothing to do with Brettus ; even the similarity of names can- 

 not tie them together. 



440. Pamphila Sabuleti. 



Plate XXXI ; Figures 440, b, c. 



Fig. 440, Male, San Bernardino Valley, June, 1889; 

 Author. 



b, Female, Southern California, Aug. 28, 1890; 



Author. 



c, Female, underside. Southern California, Aug. 28, 



1890; Author. 



Sabuleti does not need much description, as it is different from 

 any other, and the figures depict it very well. In Southern Cali- 

 fornia, where Sabuleti is most abundant, it is found on lowlands 

 along the grassy banks of streams, frequenting salt-grass flats 

 and alkaline plains, where nothing but salt-grass grows, and where 

 no other butterfly is seen. On this account I conclude that it 



