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latter inhabits the Sierras of Central California. Podarce is also pro- 

 fusely spotted with black dots ringed with white on the under side, while 

 in rustica the spots are reduced and on the secondaries are largely 

 suffused with whitish. Rustica occurs on mountains of 6,000 to 8,000 

 feet altitude and has been taken on Mt. Cheam, Mt. McLean and Mt. 

 Arrowsmith. 



No. 7. Plebeius saepiolus Bdv. This is really a mountain species 

 and was described from the high mountains of California. The males 

 of this species are of a silvery blue tinted with a violaceous sheen in 

 certain lights, differing in colour from any other species that we have. 

 The females are brown, heavily shot with blue, especially on the prim- 

 aries. The specimens taken at Atlin are the only ones that can be 

 considered as approaching typical saepiolus. 



No. 8. Plebeius saepiolus form rufescens Bdv. This is a form 

 occurring in northern and middle California and which extends into 

 southern British Columbia. It is generally of larger size and has more 

 or less obsolete reddish marginal lunules on the secondaries. It has 

 been taken at Kaslo and Cranbrook. 



No. 9. Plebeius saepiolus race nov. This is the form which occurs 

 commonly on Vancouver Island and goes under the name of saepiolus. 

 It dififers from typical saepiolus in the following particulars, which appear 

 fairly constant: in the male the blue is much brighter on the upper side 

 and does not show the same violaceous sheen. On the under side the 

 ground colour is considerably lighter, being a bluish white, whereas in 

 typical saepiolus it is a brownish white ; also the marginal row of black 

 dots on the under side of the secondaries have a tendency to become 

 obsolete. The females are entirely brown with a few blue scales basally. 

 I have listed them in my own collection under the name of insulanus. 



No. 10. Plebeius icarioides race pembina Edw. This is the insect 

 that has been listed in B.C. collections under six different names, viz. : 

 phileros Bdv., fuUa Edw., icarioides Bdv., ardea Edw., lycea Edw., and 

 pheres Bdv. Phileros and fuUa are pure synonyms of icarioides, which 

 latter is now restricted to the mountains of California. Ardea is a 

 geographical race of icarioides inhabiting the Great Basin region, and 

 lycea is another geographical race from the mountains of Colorado. 

 Pheres is a distinct species and is only kiiown from the San Francisco 

 Bay region. The race pembina that we have in B.C. and the identifica- 

 tion of which is correct, was described from Lake Winnipeg, and also 

 occurs at Calgary and Yellowstone Park. The specific localities I have 

 it from in British Columbia are the Hope Mountains, Princeton, Simil- 

 kameen, Vernon, Armstrong, Kaslo and Rossland. 



No. 11. Plebeius lupini Bdv. This is the species that is listed in 

 our Check List as acmon Dbldy. & Hew. In Dr. Dyar's list (Bull. 52 

 U. S. N. M. 1902) lupini is listed as a synonym of shasta Edw., but they 



