HENRY SKINNER, 187 



mens of var. arizonensis were taken by Mr. O. C. Poling in 

 the Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, July 15th 

 to 30th, and differ from typical melon in having the marginal 

 border of the secondaries below (outer third of the wing) 

 very much whiter." 



Melon is found in Western Mexico : State of Vera Cruz 

 and Montagua in Guatemala. 



Eudamus (Plestia) clorus Edw., Papilio, 2, 140, 1882. 



Plestia dorus Godman and Salvin, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Rhop., p. 290, 



tab. 76, figs. 8, 9 cJ'. 

 Dorus Edw., Papilio, 2, 140, 1882. 



" Male. — Expands 1.6 inchi. Upperside dark brown, with whitish 

 semi-transparent spots; primaries have three small subapical spots on 

 costa, a dot below just these, towards hind margin ; three large spots 

 in the median and submedian interspaces, in a line parallel to hind 

 margin ; a small spot near middle of costa, a large patch under this, 

 in cell, and a large subrectangular spot at origin of lower median inter- 

 space; secondaries clothed with long, dark-gray hairs, across disk a 

 line of four whitish spots ; fringes of primaries dark cinereous, alter- 

 nating with brown ; of secondaries light cinereous, but next anal angle 

 brown. 



' ' Underside brown, the inner margin of primaries yellowish ; the spots 

 repeated, enlarged, and more or less confluent on primaries. On sec- 

 ondaries the spots are much dusted with brown scales ; both wings 

 much covered with whitish or bluisli-white scales, especially dense on 

 apical area of primaries and over outer limb of secondaries, but nearly 

 as dense at base of these last ; secondaries have two blackish trans- 

 verse narrow bands, the outer one in line with the spots, the outer 

 half-way from this to base, and the two are connected by a broad liga- 

 ment of same color on underside of cell ; near base three small brown 

 patches. Body above brown, underneath gray-brown ; legs brown, 

 annulated white; palpi white with many gray hairs on uppper part ; 

 antennas black, annulated on underside with white; club deep ferru- 

 ginous, white on underside. 



" Female. — Expands 1.7 inch. Like male ; the spots rather larger." 



Graham Mountains, Arizona. 



Habitat. — Arizona; New Mexico ; North. Sonora, Mexico. 



Records. — Carr Cariyon, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, 

 August (Skinner); Mt. Graham, Arizona (H. K. Morrison); 

 Cloudcroft, New Mexico (Viereck), 



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