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Podarce is closely related to rustica Edw. from Colorado differ- 

 ing in having the usual bands of black dots on the underside of sec- 

 ondaries well defined and not suffused with white as in rustica; these 

 along with aqailo Bdv. are North American representatives of the 

 European orbitulus. 



P. icarioides Bdv. (PI. XI, Fig. 16). 



As already stated (Ent. Rec. XXVI, 198) we can see nothing, 

 after a further careful study of our material and Oberthur's figures 

 of the types, by which to separate philcros from icarioides and sink 

 the former as a synonym ; fulla Edw. must also fall. Maricopa Reak. 

 was presumably described from a 2 specimen although Reakirt (1866 

 Proc. Ac. N. Sci. Phil, p. 245) calls it a $ ; Strecker states (Lep. Rhop. 

 Het. p. 85) that the type did not come into his possession along with 

 Reakirt's other types but later lists the type (Suppl. III. p. 20) as a 2 

 in his collection ; this 2 we have seen and it scarcely corresponds to 

 the original description which states "upper side brown, glossed with 

 violet blue" whilst the 2 of the Strecker Collection is entirely brown ; 

 it is probably not a type. The original description so clearly indicates 

 a 2 icarioides that we have no hesitation in placing maricopa as a 

 synonym of this species; in a previous paper (Ent. Record p. 198) 

 we were doubtful whether to associate it with icarioides or pardalis 

 Behr, not having seen the original description and relying on Streck- 

 er's so-called type, but the reference to icarioides we believe to be cor- 

 rect. 



Wright's underside figures of heteronca, fulla, pheres, and 

 icarioides (PI. 29, Figs. 355, 358, 359, 360) all refer to this species; 

 of his upper side figures we prefer to say nothing without having seen 

 the specimens, but heteronca and pheres are certainly misidentifications 

 in both sexes. 



Evius Bdv. 



The species was described from Southern California and both $ 

 and 2 types are figured by Oberthur (1. c. Figs. 2072/3) ; the original 

 description fits in best with figure 2073, the 2 , as both the broad dark 

 border of primaries and the discal streak are mentioned ; we have a 

 specimen from S. Diego Co. that agrees closely with the $ (Fig. 

 2072) but no 2 's. The species will probably prove to be a race of 

 icarioides. 



