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the deep chocolate, ahiiost black, of 

 the base and inner area of the wings 

 and the pale yellowish color of the area. 

 Its range extends along the Pacific coast 

 from Central California to Washington 

 Territory, and it is recordetl also by 

 Geddes fi oni Fort Macleod, in the North- 

 western Territory of Canada, on the 

 eastern side of the mouritains. Those I 

 ha\e tVom Washington Territory are 

 considerably darker at the base of the 

 hind wings than otliers from Plumas 

 countv, California ; and I should not 

 be at all surprised if a large series from 

 difl'erent localities were to show forms 

 intermediate both with ri7^<'/V and uoko- 

 VI is. 



A. carpenter I is unknown to me, ex- 

 cept from the description, which seems 

 to point to a form o{ cvbelc. It was de- 

 scribed from two males and one female 

 taken by Dr. Carpenter in New Mexico 

 at a high eleyation above the timber 

 line, and is said by Mr. Edwards to be 

 of the size of atla)itis and near cybele. 



A. iiokomls and nitocrls <\xq regarded 

 by ]\Ir. Edwards, in his last catalogue, 

 as distinct ; he cites, howeyer, .Strecker's 

 figure of nokoviis female, in Ruflher's 

 report, as an aberration of Jiitocris. 

 This is just one of those cases which 

 prove how difficult it is to follow Ed- 

 wards's authority in such matters. It so 

 happens that I have two excellent pairs 

 oi. nokomis {xon\ Arizona, sent by Mr. 

 H. Edw'ards, which exactly agree with 

 Mead's figure cited b}' Edwards. I have 

 also a pair of nitocris., the male from 

 Utah, sent by Mr. Strecker, the female 

 from Arizona, agreeing with it, so 



marked by Mr. H. Edwards. ''1 think 

 this species passes as A. nitocrts.i fe- 

 male." It diflers from iiokoniis in having 

 the under side of hind wing to the second 

 row of spots cinnamon-color, as in cy- 

 bele., and is exactly intermediate between 

 itoko))iis and leto. The specimen fig- 

 ured by Strecker in Rufi'ner's report, 

 and cited by Edwards as an alicrration 

 oi jiokoniis., is, to my c\e. much more 

 like leto than it is to iiitocris or iiokomis ; 

 and Mr. Strecker's remarks arc as fol- 

 lows : — "The present two cxanijoles 

 from Colorado difler notal)ly from all 

 those from Arizona in the following 

 particidars : On under surface the red 

 color of primaries is darker, and covers 

 evenly the whole wing except toward 

 and at the apex ; on the secondaries the 

 whole space interior to the second of 

 the two outer rows of silvei" spots, which 

 in the Arizona examples is powdered 

 greyish green, is deep reddish bro\yn, 

 nearly of the same color as in the female 

 aphrodite., or the male of leto; they 

 are larger than most of those I ha\c seen 

 from Arizona. On the upper side it 

 presents no diflerences. I have always 

 contended that Jiokoinis was a pale ab- 

 normal form of cybele., of which we ha\e 

 so many other instances in the species 

 from the dry salt regions of Utah and 

 Arizona, and these intermediate exam- 

 ples from Colorado, with their dark red- 

 dish vmder sides, seem to strengthen my 

 opinion. I can but regret that no males 

 were captured (unless the following be 

 really its male)*, as I consider this is. 



*This is put down as cybele by Mr. Strecker, who is 

 .istonished .it receiving it from Colorado, .and is strong! v 



