Genus Colias. 



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(Fido Strecker 

 but seems to 

 me more like a 

 form of palceno) 



South Ameri- 

 can forms 

 differing . more 

 from the 

 Palearciic 

 species of this 



group 



than they do 



inter se. 



Species of 

 doubtful posi- 

 tion and dis- 

 tinctness, but 

 probably com- 

 ing here. 



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Name of Species aud Vars. 

 C. philodice, Godt. . . 



var. Ocddentalis, Scud. 



C. Erate, Esp. 



= nereine, Fisch. . . 



C. Lesbia, Fabr. 

 = pyrrotliea, Huba , 



C. Vautieri, Guer. . . 



C. Imperialis, Butl. 



C. Dlmera, Doubl. 



= erytln-ogramma,K.o\\. 



C. hermina, Butl. 



= Scalidonura hermina 



O. euxanthe, Feld, 



C. flaveola, Blanch. . 



C. jionteni, Wall . 



Geographical Distribution. 

 EasternUnited States. 



Pacific States and.British 

 Columbia. 



S. Russia, Siberia, Amur, 

 Afghanistan. 



Argentine States to Pata- 

 gonia. 



Chili to Patagonia. 



Straits of Magellan. 



Andes of Columbia and 

 Ecuador. 



Andes of E. Peru. 



Peru. 

 Chili. 

 Sandwich Islands. 



GROUP II. — BOTH SEXES SPOTTED ON THE BOEDER OF THE 



FOREWING 

 C. Sagartia, Ld. 

 C. hjale, L. . . , 



var. nilgheriensis 



var. si/noda, De TOrza, 



— poliographus, Mot- 

 schulsky . . . 



PMcomone, Esp. 



var. hidakensis, Feld. 

 = shipkee, Moore . 



(?) var. melinos, Eversm. 



Nastes, Bois, . . 

 var. Werdandi, Zett. 

 var, Rossii, Guen. . 

 var. Kokandka, Ersch 

 (?) a distinct sp. var. Behrii,W. H. Edw. 



North Persia. 



Central and Southera 



Europe, Himalayas. 

 Nilgherry Mountains. 



China, Japan. 



Alps of Central Europe, 



Ladak. 



S.-E. Siberia, Amur, 



Labrador, 



Lapland. 



Boothia-felix, 



Alps of Turkestan, 



Mountains of California. 



GROUP III. — BOTH SEXES UNSPOTTED ON THE BORDER OF THE FORE- 

 WING, OR THE FEMALE ONLY SLIGHTLY SPOTTED, OR THE BORDER 

 REPLACED BY MORE OR LESS FAINT MARKINGS. 



Palceno, L 



Fide Strecker I = /?eteia, w. H. Edw. 



I = Chippewa, W. H. Edw. 



Northern Europe, As'ia, 

 and America, N. Japan, 

 Alps of Central Europe, 



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