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Danais Berenice, Cram. Occasional, 

 var. Strigosa, Bates. Common. 



This variety can be generally determined by the pruinose atoms 

 along the veins on secondaries above, by the somewhat lighter shade 

 of ground color towards the margins of both wings, and by the less 

 spotted black margin of secondaries. 



Agraulis Vanillae, L. Occasional. 



Euptoieta Claudia, Cram. Common. 



Melitaea Elada, Hew. Common. 



Ulrica, Edw. 

 Imitata, Strecker. 

 var. — Perse, Edw. Occasional. 



Our specimens of Ulrica (= Imitata) agree with Hewitson's descrip- 

 tion and figure of Elada beyond a doubt. Godman and Salvin, ( Biol. 

 Cent. Amer., Rhopal Vol. I, p. 196, Aug. 1882) without a large series 

 think that they may prove identical. The only difference between 

 Elada and var. Perse is the much less diffused and smaller yellow spots, 

 thereby revealing much more of the darker ground color. Specimens 

 of Perse from Sonora, Mexico, differ from specimens of the same from 

 Arizona by wanting the double row of fulvous spots before margin of 

 secondaries. Specimens of Elada have the two rows distinct. The 

 Sonora Perse is darker than the typical Arizona specimens, thereby 

 approaching Elada more closely. Godman and Salvin' s figures of 

 Imitata agree more closely with Perse than the typical Elada from 

 Texas, but as Imitata and Ulrica are admittec^ by the authors of each 

 to be equal the synonymy should stand as above. 



Melitaea Albiplaga, n. s]).— (E. M. Aaron.) i 9. 



Expanse 1.15 inch. Upper side black with fulvous markings. Pri- 

 maries with two spots in middle of cell, one over the other, near base 

 two small spots, two others below middle of cell and two oblique spots 

 at end of cell. Across disk a double row of fulvous spots, those to- 

 wards base oblong, the outer rounded, the two subapical ones small. 

 Secondaries, with a double spot ifi middle of cell and at the end of cell; 

 a row of small fulvous spots, larger posteriorly, crossing the wing two- 

 thirds from the base. Fringes black with white points. 



Under side: primaries mostly fulvous, with a black spot in cell from 

 which extends an abbreviated line towards base and another to inner 

 margin; beyond this a narrow black line across wing, bent outwardly; 

 this line bends abruptly near costal margin and extends across the end 

 of cell, where it again bends and growing broader, reaches the costal 

 margin; outer half of wing with the fulvous markings of the upper 

 side repeated, but larger and more confluent; a marginal row of ful- 

 vous lunules, the two at apex largest. Secondaries at base with a white 

 spot on a black stripe, which is narrowly bordered on each side with 

 white; below this a small white spot encircled with black; beyond this 

 a fulvous band crossing wing, then a broad black space containing a 



