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constantly shows on the primaries above a bright clearly defined 

 blotch, and this was the chief character from which the name 

 liparops was derived. On discussing the reference by Dr. Scudder of 

 Harris's strigosa to Boisduval and Leoonte's plate, with Mr. W. H. 

 Edwards some years ago, the latter wrote as follows : " S'cudder says 

 this is strigosa of Harris, but no one would know it from the figures. 

 The description is done from the figure and not from the insect; there- 

 fore, liparops represents no insect but merely the said figure, and for 

 that reas'on I reject the name. The first time the insect was described 

 was by Harris, and his name prevails." In addition to the large and 

 handsome golden fulvous, almost quadrate patch which occupies nearly 

 half the area of the primaries, the secondaries are also frequently orna- 

 mented with a fulvous cloud at the anal end, near the tails. The un- 

 derside of the western form is of a darker brown than in the type, with 

 the wihite lines much paler, these in some specimens being almost 

 obliterated. 



Described from 10 specimens taken at several places in Manitoba: 

 Beulah (Dennis); Cartwright (Heath); Aweme (Griddle); Brandon 

 (Fletcher); Eounthwaite (Marmont). 



The types described herewith are deposited in the United States 

 National Museum, at Washington. 



Thecla heathii, n. sp. 

 (Heath's Hair-streak.) 



Described from one female (not a male, as stated on the plate) 

 Alar expanse, 26 mm. 



Upperside. Blackish brown (when taken), as in T. calanus. Costa 

 at base finely edged in front with yellow as in calanus and acadica. 



Underside. Fawn brown, faintly washed with white from the 

 base almost up to a submarginal band of large pearly gray blotches 

 which occur on all the wings. On the primaries, these are four in 

 number and ovate. On the secondaries, there are five square blotches 

 and a long whitish spur running up the inner margin. Exterior to 

 these blotches is an incomplete series of marginal lunules, as in several 

 other allied species of the genus; consisting of, at the anal angle, be- 

 tween the internal and submedian veins, a few scarlet scales shaded 

 exteriorly with as many white ones and bordered inside and outside 

 with black; between the submedian and first median veins is a large, 

 wide and shallow white lunule, without any scarlet scales; between the 

 first and second median veins, a scarlet crescent outlined on both sides 



