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Described from 12 specimens (6 males and G females). The types 

 of both sexes, which are figured, are deposited in the U. S. National 

 Museum, at WasTiington. The species is named after Mr. A. W. Han- 

 ham, an enthusiastic and indefatigable collector, who has done so much 

 towards working up the insect fauna of Manitoba and British Columbia. 



Thecla strigosa, Harr., var. liparops, n. var, 

 (The Bright-eyed Hair-streak.) 



In tihe Oanadiian Entomologist for November, 1895, p. 315, I re- 

 ferred to the Manitoban form of Thecla strigosa and expressed the 

 opinion that this form was worthy of at least varietal reco'gnition. This, 

 as far as I have seen, always shows tlie large, rich fulvous, well defined 

 blotches which are represented on the plate herewith. The ordinary 

 form of T. strigosa is shown in the accompanying woodcut. (Fig. 2.) 

 I have examined during the last fifteen years a great many speci- 

 mens of this variety from Manitoba, and all without exception showed 

 the two large fulvous eye-like spots on the primaries. Mr. E. F. Heath, 

 who formerly took the insect in numbers at Cartwright, Man., writes : — 

 " I have never taken this form without the fulvous patch on the primar- 

 ies in both sexes, and I have certainly taken and seen over one hundred 

 specimens. Four or five years ago and for years prior to that it was 

 very abundant here; now it seems to have disappeared. I do not come 

 across one in a season." 



Mr. L. E. Marmont, of Eounthwaite, Man., who has lived and col- 

 lected in Manitoba for many years, writes : — "I have only 9 specimens 

 of your variety liparops of strigosa just now; but 

 all have the large fulvous blotch on the fore wings. 

 In one female it is fainter than the others, but 

 quite noticeable; in another female the primaries 

 are almost entirely fulvous with only a blackish 

 border." 



Occasional specimens of the eastern T. strigosa 

 show a more or less poorly defined fulvous blotch 

 on the upper side of primaries, but such specimens 

 in my experience have proved to be of decidedly 

 rare occurrence. Dr. Scudder thinks that 

 Fg. 2.— Thecla strigosa, Boisduval and Leconte intended to represent 

 Harris, Eastern form. ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ j, Uparops ' what we 



now know as T. strigosa, Harris. I can hardly think that this 

 is the case; but it seems well to preserve the name; so, I suggest 

 that it should be used for the variety found in Manitoba, which 



* Histoire générale et iconograjphique des Lépidoptères, p. 99; PI. 31, fig. 1. 



