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almut ;is in c/iryxiis. 'I'lic spcfit'S apjuMrs (inly to orcur in (lir ( '.aliluini;in Sicri'a Nevada. csiuH-iaJly near Lake 

 Tahop. According to Edwards the egg is distinguislicd \>y (he siuncwliat curved rihs on its surface. Goncerniug 

 larva and ])U))a nothing is known. 



0. noma 77*/;/. (= hihhi Qiivus., celacno Hlui.) (vol. I, pi. 40c). According to Edwards :{ e.xainples xonia. 

 of this I'alcaretic s])ecies were found in North Alaska, of which STArj)iNGER had determined one that was sent 

 to liiin as prohaljly a dark variety of nunia. the condition of tlie specimen leaving liini in some douht. iioni/i, 

 has on a brown gi'ounil a broad brownish yellow submarginal band across both wings, in which are ])laced 1 or 

 more eye-spots. The under surface is ratlier like that of chri/.fii.^i. but the median band of the hindwing is darker 

 and more strongly dentate. Further observations as to the occurrence of this species in America would thus 

 be desirable. Of. vol. I. ]i. I I!). 



0. jutta Illni. (= balder H. Schdjf.) (50f). Anotiier Palearctic species. The submarginal row of ocin-e- inlla. 

 yellow spots consists on the ,j forewing of small round spots, in the 5 of larger oval ones, the nundier of the 

 black dots in which varies from 1 — 4 on the forewing and from 1 — 2 on the hindwing. Beneath the entire hind- 

 \\ing and the apex of the forewing are grey, marbled with brown, the former with a greenish brown, dentate 

 band. — The surface of the egg bears irregular, in part forked, longitudinal ril(s. The larva is light yellow- 

 grey with ochreous longitudinal .stripes and rows of black dots and small daslies on the dorsum and at the sides. 

 On grass, e. g. (in America) on Tuncus articulata. The jiupa is whitish grey, at the abdominal end ochre-yellow. 

 Whilst Holmgren says that in Kurojic jutta settles on pine-trunks, according to Fyles (in America) it always 

 sits on the ground. When pursued it dro])s into the grass. It flies in June. In North America the species occurs 

 in Maine. Nova Scotia and the Hudson's Bay Territory. In addition it is found in North Eurojie and North 

 Asia. — alaskeiisis Holl. is a form of jiitta with the wings more thinly scaled and transparent, and the spots (ilnst.cn 

 on the U[)[)er surface more indistinct. On the under surface the wings are uniformly marked with small spots 

 and streaks, so that on the hinilwing theri' is no trace of the darker band of jiilfa. From Alaska. June und July. 



0. uhleri Beak. (50f). Above reddish yellow-brown with dark veins and narrow brown distal margin, ulilrri. 

 Forewing with an eye-spot before the apex and sometimes with 1 or 2 black dots below it. On the hindwing 

 one or several black dots. Beneath the costal margin of the forewing and the entire hindwing are brownish 

 white with a numljer of brown transverse streaks, which are grou])ed into several narrow transverse strij)es; 

 on the forewing are placed here 1 to 4 black spots, some of them with white pujjils. on the hindwing a row 

 of indistinct dots. — The egg is clialk-white, with 19 or 2(1 longitudinal furrows and with the vertex pitted. 

 It luitches in about 10 days. The adult larva is about an inch long, stout, yellow-brown with grey dorsum and 

 light longitudinal lines. It pu])ates free, among grass-culms near to the ground; and the pupa is ochre-yellow, 

 darker on the dorsum. The butterfly flies from the end of May until July, in (!olora<lo. — varuna AV«\ (•">() f), ninnia. 

 originally described as a separate species, is regarded by most authors as a northern form of iihli'ri, by some 

 even as a synonym. It is smaller, the colouring .somewhat duller, the distal margin more broadly brown. On 

 the under surface of the hindwing there is sometimes a dark brown band before the middle. But the number 

 of eye-s])ots varies as in iihleri. Morrison for instance having sent me among several varutia from Montana 

 an exam])le with 5 such spots on each surface of the hindwing. — According to Edwards the egg is chalk-white 

 and has IS — 20 ribs, some of them incomplete. The larva varies from whitish green to dirty yellow-brown, 

 and is lighter on the back, with .'5 rows of small black dashes and slate-grey subdorsal stripe. The pupa is ochre- 

 yellow, the wing-cases light yellow-green. The larva jjujiates in a sort of cocoon formed in tlie sand. From 

 Montana, North Dacota and the adjoining parts of Canada. — The preceding notes mi the larva, pupa and 

 transformation do not agree well with one another. One might thereftire suspect in the two forms two separate 

 species. Further investigations are needed to elucidate the matter. 



0. alberta Elm. (50g). Forewing grey-brown above, in the 9. strongly dusted Avith ochre-yelloAV, with iillnrld. 

 an ochre-yelloA\ submarginal l)an(l in which are placed 1 — 3 black spots or ocelli. Hindwing with the band 

 more distinct, containing 1 eye-spot and 1 or 2 dots. Beneath the forewing is light brown-gi'ey, towards 

 the apex whitish, before this a short dark transverse band. Hindwing the same, with a broad, darker, irregular 

 transverse band across the middle, which is bordered with darker at the margins. — The larva is dark olive- 

 green or greenish slate-coloured with slightly lighter longitudinal strijies, on the back sometimes brown, 'i'he 

 })n]ia is grey-green with dark anterior margin. The butterfly flies on dry. stony slopes, resting on the bare groTuid. 

 It was discovered at Calgary in the province of Alberta (Canada). It flies in the middle of May. 



0. taygete Hhn. (= bootes Bdv.) (50 g). Above brown, the brownish ochre-yellow submarginal band fam/ric. 

 in the J is only present on the hindwuig and in l)oth sexes lacks the black spots. Beneath similar to the figured 

 alberta in colouring and markings, but the dark median band on the hindwing is more strongly outcurved in 

 its anterior part, forming an acute angle bascM'ards in the middle. From Labrador. 



0. subhyah'na i'lirt. (= crambis F/t.. also 3Iusekl., oeno Bdv.. assimilis Btlr.) (r)Og). Dirty ochre-yellow .si/Wiv«/;w/. 

 to dark brown, mostly with obscure cinnamon-brown or ochre-yellow band and ochre-jellow spots in the cells. 



