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Pamphila nemorum Skinner (not Boisd.), Ent. News xr, pi. n, f. 21, 1900. 



Kellogg, Am. Ins. pi. ix, f. 21, 1904. 



Oberthiir, Etudes ix, (1), pi. ccxl, f. 20S7, 1913 (type). 



California, Mav to July. 



Edward's description states that milo has hyaline spots in the primaries 

 and agricoln none; Oberthiir 's figure proves that they are present in the 

 type of agricola, hene« milo is probably merely a synonym. 



4. AUGIADES SNOWI 



Pamphila snoici Edw., Can. Ent. ix, 29, 1877. 

 Holland, Butterfly Book 350, pi. XLvn, ff. 29, 30, 1898. 

 Biol. Cent.-Am., Ehop. n, 483, pi, 93, ff. 19-23, 1900. 

 Arizona and Colorado, June and July. 



5. AUGIADES YUMA 



Mesperia yuma Edw., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. rv, 346, 1873. 

 Pamphila scudderi Skinner, Ent. News x, 111, 1899. 

 Skinner, Ent. News xr, pi. ii, ff. 9, 10, 1900. 

 California, June. Utah and Arizona, July. 



Genus POLITES Scudder 

 Polites Scud., Svst. Rev. 57, (78), 1872. Tj-pe Hesperia peckius 



Kirbv. 

 Hedone Scud., op. eit. 58, (79), Type Hesperia hrettus Bd. & 



Lee. 

 Limocliores Scud., op. cit. 59, (80). Type Hesperia m<inaiaaqua 



Scud. 

 Pyrrhosidia Scud., Mem. Bost. Soc. Xat. Hist, n, 346, 1874. 



Type Hesperia mystw Edw. 

 Palpi upturned ; third joint about one-half as long as second, 

 slender, distinct. Antennae shorter than in Augiadcs, var^-ing 

 from two-fifths as long as the primaries in some females to one- 

 half in some males; club rather large, usually longer in the 

 female and occasionally almost as long as the shaft; apiculus 

 abruptly constricted and reflexed, shorter than thickness of club 

 though variable in length. "Wings variable ; costa of primaries 

 usually straight except at base and apex but sometimes slightly 

 emarginate or convex; outer margin \ery slightly sinuate to 

 evenly rounded, more rounded in the female. Primaries often 

 apically produced in the male, less so in the female. Second- 

 aries broadly rounded, very slightly lobed at the anal angle. 

 Cell of primaries about three-fifths as long as wing ; vein 5 much 



