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(Fig. 124a). The true bremneri is probably figured by Wright as 

 carpentcri (PI. XIII, fig. 112) from Vane. Is., B. C. The form called 

 var. sordida by Wright we cannot place without seeing the type ; 

 Wright makes it a variety of his bremneri and if this be correct sor- 

 dida must then be referred to rhodopc. 



A. hippolyta Edw. 



The species was described from several specimens taken in Ore- 

 gon by Mr. Dodge ; no further locality is given but very possibly the 

 specimens were taken in the vicinity of Portland. In the Edwards' 

 Collection is a single $ type from Oregon ; it appears to us to be a 

 rather dwarfed form of bremneri; apart from the smaller size the 

 types cannot be separated, agreeing in the maculation and color of 

 the underside excellently. 



A. zerene Bdv. 



A great deal has already been written about this species and 

 monticola Behr. Behr claimed that under the name serene Boisduval 

 had two species mixed and diagnosed them as No. 8 and No. 9 (Proc. 

 Cal. Acad. Sci. II, 175, 1862) ; later (1. c. Ill, 84) he gave the name 

 monticola to No. 8. Edwards claimed (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. Ill, 436, 

 1864) that Behr's action therefore restricted the name serene Bdv. to 

 Behr's species No. 9 and figures monticola in Butt. N. Am. I, Arg. 



VIII. In 1869 (Lep. de la Calif., 60) Boisduval described hydaspe 

 which Edwards, when figuring serene Bdv. (1. c. PI. XIII, Arg. 1870), 

 claims becomes a synonym of serene owing to Behr's previous limita- 

 tion; Edwards even states in the text that Boisduval "intimates that 

 his former diagnosis of serene includes two species and he applies 

 that name to monticola Behr, giving to the other that of hydaspe. 

 Nevertheless according to the recognized rule in such cases, the names 

 monticola and serene will remain as Dr. Behr determined them." We 

 have gone into the matter rather carefully with the following results : 



(1) After reading Boisduval's original description we can see 

 no reason for Behr's supposition that Dr. Boisduval's series of serene 

 was mixed ; it is true that the short diagnosis would include both 

 species equally well, but that is no proof of a mixed series ; in the 

 Oberthur Collection the types of serene which we have seen certainly 

 do not indicate this and the specimens figured in Etudes de Lep. Comp. 



IX, (2) Fig. 2168/9 as certainly belong to the same species as does 

 the type $ of monticola Behr in the Strecker Collection. Boisduval's 



