34 THE LEPIDOPTERIST 



eggs laid in June, July or August, do not hatch until 

 late in April, May or June the following year (in the 

 latitude of New York). Mr. A. Koebele obtained 

 eggs of C. dintoni which hatched only after 15 

 months had past. This, however, may be considered 

 an abnormal condition. In color the eggs are dirty 

 white, gray purplish or greenish gray. One of the 

 best methods of obtaining the eggs is from females 

 captured in the field and permitting them to deposit 

 in captivity. This may be done by keeping the females 

 alive, feeding them on sugar water, or sweet fruit 

 juices. The moth will then, usually, deposit on pieces 

 of bark or thin cloth, folded into pleats, in the breed- 

 ing cage or jar, which should be kept well ventilated. 

 The eggs of the following species have been described. 

 AhoUhah, amafri.v, aspasia, beutenmidleri, californka, 

 cara, dintoni, dcsdemona, ilia, irene, minufa, Ophelia, 

 palceogama, piira, rctecta, relicfa, sfretchi, verecunda, 

 vidua, zoe. 



Melitaea anicia: Two New Aberrations 



By Dr. John Adams Comstock 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 



Mel. anicia Dbldy. & Hew. 

 MELANODISCA aberr. nov. 



Plate VI. Figure 1, upper side. Figure 3, under side. 

 Figure 2 shows upper side of typical form. 



This aberration is of the typical form of anicia 

 which has heretofore gone under the name of brucei 

 Edw., namely the small dark high alpine variety found 

 in Colorado, and which Drs. Barnes and McDunnough 

 have shown to be synonymous with the type. 



DESCRIPTION. Primaries, upper surface : the 

 the discal cell contains two red patches, one at the 

 lateral end, the other running: across the centre. The 



