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shortlj- after the appearance of its description that it was identical with leilia 

 Edwards, f. Leilia itself I believe will eventually prove to be a synonj'm of celtis 

 Boisduval and Leconte, the differences characterized by Edwards disappearing 

 in long series. Antonio Edwards, is tlie same as leilia, and mantis Edwards, is 

 but a geographical form not worthy of rank. 



Lycaena hilda Grinnell and Grinnell 



This species, described in the Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XV, p. 47, 1907, from the 

 San Bernardino mountains of California is synonymous with L. daedalus Behr, 

 whicli has long priority. Tlie authors of hilda remark that "This species is readily 

 distinguishable from Cupido daedalus Behr, and other described forms by the 

 bright red bands on the upper sides (in the female), which make a decided contrast 

 with the ground color." Also, "This is the same thing that is figured in Wright's 

 Butterflies of the West Coast as daedalus, but hilda is easily separable from 

 daedalus by the characters just indicated." Wright's figure of the upper surface 

 of plate XXIX, fig. 361, b is unusual, and in fact it may not represent 

 daedalus at all. The figure of the above, 361, and the lower surface of the c, are 

 quite typical, however, and agree exactly with the description of hilda. Dr. Hol- 

 land gives a good representation of the female in his Butterfly Book, pi., 31, fig. 12. 

 Behr himself applied the name aechaja to the rcddisli female before he was cog- 

 nizant tliat it was the other se.x of his daedalus m. These reddish bands vary consid- 

 erablj', in some cases being extensive, and again they may be more or less obsolete. 

 Lycaena daedalus I would place subspecifically with icariodes Boisduval (mintha 

 Edwards), with wliich it has been placed erroneously in our lists as a synonym. 

 They are quite indistinguishable on the upper surface, but below may be differen- 

 tiated as follows : 1 . Spots edged with whitish ; first submarginal series sub- 

 obsolete ; no terminal line on secondaries. L. icariodes icajiodes Boisduval. 2. 

 Spots wholly black, except the red sagittate series on the secondaries ; two distinct 

 submarginal series ; a fine black terminal line on secondaries. L. icariodes daedalus 

 Behr. 



Moreover, there is an obviously different coloration of the wings beneath. This 

 group is in need of thorough revising. Specimens of L. icariodes daedalus are in 

 the collection of the Agricultural college at Fort Collins, Colorado, credited to 

 Colorado by David Bruce, but I very much doubt its occurence in that state. 



Eumaeus atala Poey 

 Mr. John L. Healy, in an article on the habits of this species, Ent. News, p. 

 179, 1910, remarks that it is curious that nothing should be known of the life- 

 history of tliis butterfly, so common in certain portions of Florida. Schwarz 

 has, however. Insect Life, Vol. I, p. 3Q, given a general outline of the life-history, 

 and S. H. Scudder, Mem. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. Ill, p. 413, describes quite 

 fully the larva and pupa. Dr. Holland in Iiis Butterfly Book says of the early 

 stages that "these await description," but this statement is corrected in a supple- 

 mentary note to the second edition, and tlie above references noted. Schwarz 

 states that E. atala swarms in the pine woods between the Everglades and the 

 shores of Biscayn bay, this being the region where Mr. Healy found it. The food- 



