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later date as camillus was not described until 1871 ; the specimen ap- 

 peared to us to be an ordinary ? camillus and did not agree at all 

 well with the original description of pallida; Edwards' statement, 

 'upper side fulvous, the markings disposed in spots and bands which 

 nearly cover the whole surface, the black shade being mostly confined 

 to the costal edge, hind margin and narrow spaces between the trans- 

 verse bands', hardly applies to camillus but does apply much better to 

 the large form of mylitta common in Colorado ; the size mentioned by 

 Edwards {V/z in.) also points to this species. We imagine therefore 

 that the specimen so labelled can hardly have been the true type. As 

 further proof that pallida is rather a race of mylitta than of camillus 

 (over which in any case it would have priority) is Scudder's state- 

 ment (Buff. Bull. II, 267) that Edwards considered mata Reak. a 

 synonym of pallida; we have seen the type of mata in the Strecker 

 Collection and it is certainly the Colorado form of mylitta; it is a very 

 worn and faded specimen, the white color mentioned by Reakirt being 

 due in our opinion to the age of the specimen when captured and not 

 to albinism; it is figured by Strecker (Lep. Rhop. Het. PI. VIII, Fig. 

 II) and we would call particular attention to the size and shape of the 

 three ochreous submarginal bands on both wings as compared with 

 those of camillus. 



In the light of the above remarks we believe that the following 

 grouping is advisable. 



mylitta mylitta Edw. Calif. 



collina Behr. 

 epula Bdv. 



mylitta pallida Edw. Rocky Mt. region. 



mata Reak. 



P. barnesi Skin. 



This is probably a large form of mylitta pallida with reduced 

 black markings on both wings above ; some of our 9 's from Glenwood 

 Spgs., the type locality, are very close to 9 's of pallida from the vicin- 

 ity of Denver. 



Anthanassa texana Edw. 



We cannot see how cincta Edw. has been listed as a synonym of 

 this species. The original description states that it is allied to leuco- 

 desma Feld. a species figured in Reise Nov. Lep. PI. 50, Fig. 11 and 

 totally unlike texana. 



