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points' all point to pheres rather than xerces; we have been unable to 

 find the type specimen in either New York or Pittsburg. 



P. SHASTA Edw. 



Minnehaha Scud, described from N. Dakota should be separated 

 as a race ; it has much narrower black borders without trace of orange, 

 but with white terminal line and distinct black dots on the upper side 

 of secondaries ; it is also found on the high mountains of Colorado ; 

 typical shasta occurs throughout the Sierra Nevada range as far north 

 as Oregon. Wright's figure of shasta may be correct for the S 

 (Fig. 378) but the 5 (378b) is doubtful and the underside (378c) 

 is certainly not shasta but possibly cnoptes. 



Philotes battoides Behr. (PL XI, Figs. 7, 8, 10). 



We have already expressed the opinion (Ent. Rec, 1914, p. 201) 

 that battoides is a species distinct from cnoptes Bdv. and our further 

 studies have confirmed this opinion. A comparison of the $ genitalia 

 shows that an extraordinary difference exists between the two species, 

 more so than between any two other apparently closely related forms 

 that we know of, — in fact, the difference is almost generic in char- 

 acter. Typical battoides is a high altitude form, originally described 

 from specimens taken at the head waters of the Tuolumne River 

 (11,000 ft. altitude) ; we have a long series from Mineral King, Tulare 

 Co. and also similar specimens from Crater Lake, Oregon (7.200 ft.), 

 taken by Dr. McDunnough in 1915 along the rim of the lake wherever 

 a small yellow Eriogonum species was growing. In general the species 

 is characterized by the heavy quadrate black markings of underside 

 on a pale whitish ground heavily dusted with black scales and with 

 broad black marginal line on both wings, and broad red submarginal 

 band on secondaries ; the fringes on both wings are decidedly checkered. 

 On the upper side considerable variation is shown in regard to the 

 amount of red on secondaries in $ sex, some specimens showing no 

 trace of this color and others again with a distinct band as on the 

 underside. 



A much smaller race (20 mm. average expanse) (PI. XI, Figs. 

 9, 11, 13) occurs at lower altitudes in the S. Bernardino Mts. and 

 around S. Diego with a rather paler ground color and less heavy 

 markings on underside, especially on the secondaries which show 

 scarcely any of the black dusting so prominent in the type form ; for 

 this race we propose the name Bernardino; our type series is from 



