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we have already (under quino) stated could not be this species, which 

 is not found in California, but might possibly be rubicunda. Nubigena 

 is said to differ from Behr's anicia in having the club of the antennae 

 blackish, not orange, and the portion of the median band on the un- 

 derside of secondaries beyond the black dividing line not yellow but 

 orange ; Behr was of the opinion that it might prove to be a high al- 

 titude form of his anicia. With regard to the two points of distinc- 

 tion mentioned by Behr we do not believe that the first can be used 

 with any certainty at all as we have observed that the club of the an- 

 tenna in most Melitaea species is variable in color between the two ex- 

 tremes of yellow and black ; with regard to the second point this seems 

 to be of greater value but not infallible as is shown in the case of 

 baroni in which the outer portion of the median band is generally suf- 

 fused with red but is occasionally yellow like the inner portion. We 

 have before us a few specimens from Mineral King, Tulare Co., taken 

 at a high altitude, and also some specimens from some of the higher 

 points around Lake Tahoe and some of these distinctly show the 

 peculiarity mentioned by Behr ; they also bear a great resemblance to 

 rubicunda Hy. Edw. {anicia Behr) on the upper side, being however 

 rather smaller in size; for the present and until careful collecting can 

 be done in the type locality of nubigena we are inclined to place these 

 specimens as the true nubigena; they probably will prove to be a high 

 altitude form of either rubicunda or quino (augnsta) as all three are 

 very closely allied ; the former two however do not as far as we have 

 observed show the tendency to the red suffusion of the outer portion 

 of the median band on the underside of secondaries. We imagine that 

 the specimens referred to anicia by Grinnell in his article on quino are 

 also nubigena Behr as we identify it. Colonia Wright, (1. c. PI. 20, 

 Fig. 180) described from Mt. Hood, Ore. seems to be a northern race 

 of nubigena; the red outer portion of the median band beneath is 

 present and much more constant than in southern nubigena; we have 

 long series from Crater Lake, Ore. and Mt. Ranier, Wash, taken by 

 Dr. McDunnough on the highest points where vegetation occurred ; 

 the most northerly form and the smallest one is we believe beani 

 Skin, which was described as a variety of anicia from the high peaks 

 around Laggan, Alta. but really belongs here as an examination of 

 the type has shown us. Wright's figure of beani (Fig. 168) should 

 be referred to anicia; Hollands figure (PI. XVIII, Fig. 13) seems cor- 

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