1918] Grinnell—V ariations in the Genus Vanessa (Pyrameis) lil 
Vanessa (Pyrameis) caryze Hiibner. 
This species is well known in its typical form as figured by Hol- 
land, Wright, Letcher and Essig. Its range extends along the 
Pacific Coast from Vancouver and British Columbia to Chili, being 
especially abundant in California. It is recorded in Skinner’s 
Catalogue from “ Ariz., Nev., Utah,” but I have seen no specimens 
from these regions, and do not know of any authentic records. 
Nor have I seen any specimens from the western coast of South 
America, where a knowledge of the variations would be of particular 
interest in the evolutionary study of the species. The species 
varies in size but there seems to be no correlation between the size 
and marking variation. The normal or typical caryw seems to be 
characterized especially by the extent of the black markings of the 
primaries and the large submarginal black eye spots of the second- 
aries, only slightly pupilated with bluish scales, not white. 
Vanessa carye var. muelleri Letcher. 
This variation as described by Letcher (4) varies from the normal 
form of caryw, which is the commonest, in the extension of the ful- 
vous color of the basal portion of the forewings and the nearly 
complete elimination of the black markings in this area. The 
apical white spots develop into dashes extending towards the 
outer margin. The large fulvous spot or series of spots in the 
costo-apical black field is still present. There is an additional 
large fulvous patch or two patches (usually) just below the row of 
apical white spots. The black marginal band is connected with 
the costo-apical black area by a rather broad black area. On the 
secondaries the black encircled blue spots become white or bluish- 
white, and there is a slight extension of the black in the upper 
portion. The specimens figured by Essig are not this but belong 
to the following variation. 
Of the typical muelleri variation I have seen specimens from the 
following localities:—LaFayette Square, San Francisco, August 
1914 (Cottle); Los Angeles, July 1915 (Karl Skolfield); 18th Street 
Square, San Francisco, October 8, 1917 (Huguenin); San Francisco, 
October 17, 1917 (Huguenin). 
Vanessa carye var. intermedia var. nov. 
This intermediate variety between the typical carye and typical 
muelleri differs in having basal traces or remnants of the black 
