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5. POLITE 8 MARDON 



Pamphila mardon Edw., Papilio i, 47, 1881. 

 Holland, Butterfly Book 354, pi. xlvii, f. 26, 1898. 

 Washington, Oregon. 



6. POLITES PECKIUS 



Hesperia peclcius Kirby, Faun. Bor. Am. iv, 300, pi. 4, ff. 2, 3, 1837. 

 Resperia wamsutta Harris, Ins. Inj. Veg. 3rd ed., 318, f. 141, 1862. 

 Scudder, Butt. New Eng. n, 1683, 1889. 

 Holland, Butterfly Book, 353, pi. xlvii, ff. 24, 25, 1898. 



Atlantic coast to Texas and Arizona, southern Canada; May to July. 



It requires more imagination than I possess to see pecl'ius in Cramer's 

 figure of coras. 



7. POLITES 8 ABU LET I 



Hesperia sabuleti Boisd., Ann. Soc. France (2), x, 316, 1852. 

 Hesperia genoa Plotz, Stett. ent. Zeit. xliv, 207, 1883. 

 Wright, Butt. W. Coast 246, pi. xxxi, 440, 1905. 

 Oberthiir, Etudes IX, (1), pi. cdXL, ff. 2091, 2092, 1913. 



California, April, July to September. 



The pale marks of the lower surface are yellowish on a background of 

 darker yellowish color. 



7a. race TECUMSEH 

 Pamphila sabuleti, var. tecumseh Grinnell, Ent. News xiv, 11, 1903. 

 Pamphila chispa Wright, Butt. W. Coast 247, pi. xxxi, f. 441, 1905. 



California, June to August. 



Tecumseh is smaller than typical sabuleti and has the fulvous areas of 

 the upper surface more restricted. The under surface has a greenish-gray 

 tone and the pale spots are smaller. 



8. POLITES DRACO 



Pamphila draco Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. in, 274, 1871. 

 Skinner, Ent. News xi, pi. n, f. 23, 1900. 

 Kellogg, Am. Ins. pi. ix, f. 23, 1904. 



California, Utah and Colorado, June to August. 



9. POLITES SONORA 



Ochlodes sonora Scud., Syst. Rev. 57, (78), 1872. 



Pamphila siris Edw., Papilio I, 47, 1881. 



Pamphila sylvanoides Skinner, Syn. Cat. N. Am. Rhop. 84, 1898. 



Wright, Butt. W. Coast 242, pi. xxxi, f. 425, 426 (not Columbia), 1905. 



Washington, Oregon, California; May, June, July and August. 



The only difference which I can see between this and Skinner's variety 

 in the series in the Barnes collection is the more yellow color of the under 

 surface of its secondaries. 



