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PSYCHE 
[April-June 
Examination of the several hnndred moths reared from onr local race war- 
rants the following conclusions. 
1. The confusa type like figs, i and 2, i’l. i is the dominate form in this locality 
2. While in any given brood the progeny vary considerably among themselves, 
striking departures from typical confusa are very infrequent. 
3. The greatest divergence is in disapj)earance in occasional specimens of the 
brown cross-bands on j)rimaries, this tendency being stronger in the females. 
4. Some degree of sexual dimorphism exists, the males tending to show a 
greater extent of brown and the females a greater exteiit of white. 
5. Occasional sjiecimens occur conforming closely to Boisduval's type of 
Iccoiitci. ( Compare I’l. II, h'igs. 45 and 49 with figure of type here repro- 
duced. ) 
In the broods above referred to no instance of yellow in the ground color 
of the wings occurred, from which 1 conclude that the hrood illustrated in 
Mar. Kjoi Ent. News, which contained bf)th yellow winged and white winged 
forms, contained a mixture of clyincnc blood due to some antecedent crossing. 
'I'hat such crossing sometimes occurs admits of little doubt. Strecker has 
reported taking clymcnc and Iccontci in coitu from which resulted progeny like 
lecontci with yellow ground color. ( See Proc. Davenport .\cademy of Nat Sci. 
V. II p. 275) and several aberrant individuals reared fnun wild larvae taken at 
Claremont can be best accounted for on the theory that they are mongrels. 
( See figs. I. 2, 5 and 6 PI. Ill ). Clymcnc inhabits the same immediate locality 
from which most of the confusa material has been obtained. 
Efforts have been made to obtain a clymcnc .r confusa cross hut six 
attempted pairings were unsuccessful. 
H. lecontei var. confinis 
In 1901, through the kindness of Mr. G. M. Dodge of Louisiana, Mo., I 
received eggs laid In' :i captured 9 \ a '. confinis. h'rom these were reared seven 
moths, two <? and five 9 , all of the fully marked confinis pattern and quite 
uniform. 
H. colona var. reversa 
In 1904 Mr. Dodge sent me two females of Var. reversa one of which is 
shown on PI. II at fig. 55. These laid eggs from which were bred in all 21 
