NEOMINOIS. By d. Weymer. 037 



Dyar as a synonym of ochniced. hy Skinner on llif contrary as a good spt'cies; as I do not known the species 

 in nature, 1 leave the question undecided. 



C. kodiak Edii-. is above light yellowish grey with a ])ale yellnw tni.nsverse l)and heyond the middle k.»ri„k. 

 of hotli wings. Tlie liasal area of the liindwing is more l)rownish yellow-grey. The upper surface resembles 

 that of ailijoinia Dbl. except that kodiak is much darker. The same is the case on the under surface. From 

 Alaska. Rare. — yukonensis Holl. has been described as a form of kodiak. The upper surface of the forewing i/tihtneu.'iis. 

 is light ochre-yellow, the distal and costal margins grey, an indistinct white band behind the middle; hindwing 

 dark grey, somewhat yellowish, with a diity white, interrupted median band. On the under surface the forewing 

 is dark ochre-yellow, sometinu-s chest nut-brow n. shading off into grey l)efore the apex and at the distal margin. 

 The white band is here shari)ly cx])ressed. A small eye-spot with white j)upil before the apex. Hindwing 

 blackish grey, distally lighter, with shar]) white median band. A row of eye-s])ots is faintly indicated before 

 the margin. The $ is somewhat laigcr ami all ugethci' lighter. Likewise from Alaska. .July. It may i)e a se])a- 

 ra.te species. 



C. pampliiloides Reak. Authors are of different ojiinions as to the sjiecific rights of this butterfly. patuiihUnl- 

 S(ime cdiisider it ti) be the same as the European panipliihis L.. others regard it as different. As I do not ''''""'■ 

 know the form in nature 1 caiuiot ex])ress a definate opinion. The entire up])er surface and the under surface 

 of the forewing are similar to those of patii/i/iiln.'^ (vol. 1, pi. -t.S g). But according to the figure which Holl.and 

 gives in his Butterfly Book, the ground-colour (jf the hindwing beneath is not greenish grey but lighter, more 

 yellow isli grey, in the basal area are placed 2 light yellow spots, a dentate light yellow band runs through the 

 middle, and before the margin there is a row of 6 round light yellow spots with black central dots. These dots 

 are sometimes absent. The $ is larger than pamphilus. From Utah and California. 



C. inornata Edw. (50 b). Alcove l)rownisli ochre-yellow, in the middle somewhat lighter. Costa of the inuniaUi. 

 forewing and distal margin of both wings grey. Beneath the forewing shows a di.stinct ocellus and a narrow- 

 white band. The hindwing is grey with a short dentate white band through the middle and before the distal 

 margin an indistinct red-yellow band, interrupted at the veins. This species is regarded by various authors 

 as a form of the Euro])ean tiphoti Rott. (vol. 1, pi. 48 h). But the latter has on the underside of the hindwing 

 a row of six black, wliite-pupilled ocelli in light yellow rings and Holland is therefore probably right in consi- 

 dering inornata as a separate species. From Montana, Minnesota, British North America and Newfoundland. 



C. haydeni Edir. (50 b). (.)ne of the largest species. The body is dark brown, the antenna black ringed hni/ilnii. 

 with white. The upper .surface is brown, inclining to grey. The fringes of the forewing are somewhat lighter, 

 those of the hindwing grey. The uj)))er surface is without eye-spots. The under surface is lighter, yellowish 

 grey. Before the distal margin on both wings is ])laced a thick silver line, which is interrupted at the veiii.s. 

 On the hindwing there is beside this line a row of eye-spots, decreasing in size i»osteriorly, the last ocellus 

 sometinu's very small and then scarcely noticeable. These ocelli are black with red-yellow rings and white 

 pui)ils. Fr<un Montana. Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado. 



18. (Iciiiis: ^lM»iliiil4»iK Scudd. 



The costal and inner nuirgins of the forewing. are straight, the distal ma.rgin rounded. The costal 

 margin of the hindwing forms an obtuse angle near the base. The costal vein of the forewing is strongly swollen 

 at the base, the median on the other hand only somewhat thickened. The u]i]>er discocellular of the forewing 

 is absent. The antenna is com])aratively short, the luiderside of the palpus very hairy. The tw^o forms of the 

 geiuis occur in the mountainous western ])arts of the United States. 



N. ridingsii Edic (50 b). U])per surface grey-brown with a white macular band varying somewhat rhlhujsii. 

 in breadth. The eye-spot at the anal angle of the hindwing is sonu'times only ])unctiform or entirely absent. 

 On the under surface the basal half of both wings is whitish, finely striated with brown, with 2 dentate brown 

 transverse bands through the middle. In the $ the eye-spots on the upperside of the forewing are very large 

 and there are more of them. I have before me a $ with 4 ocelli forming a continuous row; the first measures 

 4, the last 3 mm., the others are smaller. — The egg is whitish and almost spherical. The larva yellow-brow-n, 

 inuch narrower posteriorly, with rounded head and dark nebulous lines. Pupa obtuse, well rounded, brown, 

 at the anterior margin dark green, at the first spiracle a quite small, spinose, (^lub-shaped process. It lies in 

 a sandy hole on the ground. The butterfly occurs at elevations of 5 — 7000 ft. and is not rare locally. In Colorado 

 and the western states. — dionysius Srudd. (= ashtaroth Streck.) is a somewhat larger form of ridingsii. differing dionnsius. 

 in the lighter, brownish white colour of the basal part of both wings and the broader and lighter submarginal 

 bands. On the under surface the median band of the hindwing is narrower and more sharply dentate and the 

 proximally directed teeth of the brown border likewise moi'e pointed. From Utah, Colorado and Ai'izona. 



