92 LYCi?':NA. 



a long (Kjinted tail ; on the margin iiexl aii;il .inp;le an Indisiiiiol row of blackixti spot* ; on the arc a recurvetl black stripe, surface of wing 

 miicli obscured. I nder aide of primaries pale bufi', the spots repeated but large and more distinct ; margin grayigh ; secondaries have the 

 basal two-thirds grayish, the margin bull' clouded grey ; the disk crossed by a row of black spots, those at the extremities crescent ; on the 

 arc a black streak ; three small spots above in a transverse line and three others ii«ar base; at anal angle a black spot and near it others 

 almost obsolete. FenMle. Kxpands 1 1-10 inch, ^^imilar tn male, the markings more distinct." 



California. 



IM.. .\, V. 12 J, 13 2.) 

 Xammi>i1)K>, IJoi.-diival, {Po/i/ommatus A'.lAiin. -Soc. Ent. Fr., |i. 2it2, (1852); \.v\>. Cal., p. 45, (l.S6y). 

 Moi-ris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (18«0) ; Syii. L«'p. N. Am., p. 86, (1862). 

 Liiciitm Xdnihnidex, Kirhi/, C'at. Diurnal Lep., p. •■?4.'5, ( 1871). 

 ( liii/f!(>j)li(iniix .\''tnlh')iih>:, E'lirinls^ .Syii. X. Am. Butt., p. 33, (1872). 

 ('aliloniia. Tlie male of (Ills line sperie.-^ iliH'ofs remarkably in colour of upper siirtace from analagou:^ 

 forms. Ill many examples the ]iale parts of the iip])er surface of ^ is not as red as tlepieted in tig. 13, (PI. X), 

 more of a greyish htiH'. 



*JRuKiin>, IJehr, ( Chri/xoplitiiiun h'.} Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., \'ol. \'l, p. 208, (_1866). Edwants, Syn. X. Am. Butt., 

 p. 33, (1872). 

 Lyciitia RubiduK, Kirhi/, Cat. Diurnal l>ep., p. 345, (1871). 

 Appears from author's following description to be somewhat allied to Siriu^ : 



ifalr. Kxpands 1 2.111 inch. I'pper nide unil'onu bright copper-red, swondaries having a narrow border along the hind margin of 

 lighter color ; both wings edged liy a black line ; fringes grey, several of the spots of under side of primaries show laintly through the 

 wing ; on secondaries a faint <liscal streak. Inder side white, with a faint tinge of orange ; no spots on secondaries ; primaries have a 

 marginal row of not very ilistiint brownish spots, wauling on the upper half of the wing ; a sinuous row of six clear, black, rounded 9i>ota 

 across the disc, llie lllh spot double ; a long spot on the arc ; two round ^p(lIs in the cell and one l>elow . .Vntenna- black above, ringeil 

 with white, whitish below ; tips ferruginous. (.)ne ^' received from tlie interior of Oregon."' 



*tt'UPRKl's, Edwards, ( (/()(/.so/y/i(/>i(/.v (,) Trans. Am. Km. Soc, Vol. Ill, p. 20,(1870); Svn. N. Am. Butt., 

 p. 33, (hS72j. ^ 

 Li/fdud Cupreuri, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 345, (1871). 

 1 have as yet liad no op|)ortunity of seeing exainple.s of this insect. The author describes it as i)«low : 



"Male. Kxpands 1.1 inch. I'pper side bright copper-red, color of Jiuhiilus; bind margins edged by black, th« .secondaries nar- 

 rowly ; liolli wings crosse<l by a lortuouii extra di.scal row of small brown spots and points : a spot on arc of primaries and a faint spot in 

 cell ; on arc of sectmdaries a bl:ii k point. 1 'nder >ide of primaries ochractous inclining to red ; spots as above, larger, etiged with white ; 

 a spot near base in cell : niarginal border lawn colour, on !lie anterior tdgt of which is a row of brown points. Secondaries paler, mottled 

 with white, obscnreil at base ; a marginal series of orange crescents, the one next anal angle long and narrow : traces of brown spots on 

 marginal edge: extra discal spots as above, in addition lo which are eight others, ihiee on tosta, two on aic, two in cell and one in ab- 

 dominal margin. Femali. 1.2 inch. I'aler red, similarly marked, spots large; underside like male. Oregon." 



I PL. X, K. ,29 cT, '»" f) 



SiRii's, Kdwards, ( ( Ar'/.vo/j/ia/KW .">'.) Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. III. p. 270,(1871); Syn. \. Am. Butt., 

 ]). .")0, 1872). 

 Colorado, rare. The male has much the same liery colour ns in the European Hippothoe, Virguarae, etc. 



(PI.. X, K. 6 ^.1 e.. 



Hetkronk.\, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Knt. Fr., p. 297, (1852). Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., ]>. 33, (1872). 



Folyommalus Heteronea, Morris, Cat. Lep. N. Am., p. 12, (1860) ; .Syn. I>ep. N. Am., p. 89, (1862). 

 Cii/jido Heteronea, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 363, (1871). 

 California. A beautiful s|)eeies, doselv allied toSiriusatul Xanthoides, notwithstanding the dissimilarity 

 of colour on upper surface of males. 



♦fDioNK, Seudder, , Chn/sop/tanuts I).) Jnl. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., XI, p. 401, (1868) ; Trans. Chicago Ae^d. Xat. 

 Sc, r, p. 330, ( 1869,. Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 33, (ls72\ 

 I do not know of the existence of this species in any collection, nor have I access to the works in which 

 it is described, but 1 do not hesitate to hazard the as.sertion that I believe it to be nothing more than a syno- 

 nym of some one or other of tho.se already alluded to, probably Thoe. 



Xai.s, Edwards, {Clirysop/uinua iV. '. 



Mr. W. H. Edwards, in his " Synopsis N. Am. Butterflies," has this name cited thus : " 6. Nais, Edwards, 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1870. Hab. — California, Nevada." I have no knowledge of this insect, and on turn- 

 ing, for my better information, to the index of Vol. Ill of that work, which was issued in 1870-1871, I could 

 find no Nain ■. I then hunted tor Mr. Edwards' articles in that volume, l)ut after turning page by page I 

 became satisfied that no description of Nais was to be found there. Kirby, in his Catalogue Diurnal Lep., 

 p. 653, has "42. L. Nais, Edw., (Chrys. A.) Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1871. Unio Amer." But a thorough 

 re-«xaiui nation would produce no better results, thus an hour's time was irrevocably lost because Mr. Edwards 



