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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  becoming, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  allied 
  species, 
  quite 
  obsolete 
  towards 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  most 
  

   distinct 
  being 
  that 
  which 
  surmounts 
  the 
  anal 
  ocellus. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  upper, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  black 
  is 
  duller 
  and 
  less 
  

   velvety, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  le^s 
  yellow 
  in 
  color. 
  The 
  blue 
  scales 
  are 
  

   more 
  regularly 
  defined, 
  and 
  approach 
  the 
  costa, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  joined 
  by 
  the 
  

   first 
  submarginal 
  spot, 
  which 
  is 
  here 
  bright 
  fulvous. 
  

  

  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  3.20 
  inch. 
  

  

  Length 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  1.25 
  inch. 
  

  

  This 
  beautiful 
  insect 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  Jndra, 
  Reakt., 
  but 
  differs 
  from 
  that 
  

   species 
  by 
  the 
  greater 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  secondaries, 
  by 
  the 
  black 
  anal 
  

   ocellus 
  simply 
  surmounted 
  with 
  fulvous, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  tail, 
  which, 
  in 
  P. 
  

   Indra, 
  is 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  both 
  Messrs. 
  Reakirt 
  and 
  Strecker 
  as 
  a 
  mere 
  tooth. 
  In 
  

   Mr. 
  Strecker's 
  drawing 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  it 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  shorter 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  

   hrevicauda, 
  whereas 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  species 
  the 
  tail 
  is 
  quite 
  as 
  long 
  (though 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  a 
  little 
  narrower) 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  P. 
  A'iterias. 
  In 
  a 
  J 
  specimen 
  of 
  P. 
  ladra, 
  

   which 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  high 
  Sierra 
  of 
  Tuolumne 
  County, 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  de- 
  

   cided 
  yellow 
  line 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  discal 
  cell, 
  which 
  is 
  nowhere 
  visible 
  

   in 
  P. 
  Pergamus. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  little 
  larger 
  in 
  size. 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  for 
  

   this 
  most 
  interesting 
  addition 
  to 
  our 
  insect 
  fauna 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  G. 
  R. 
  Crotch, 
  who 
  

   took 
  one 
  specimen 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition 
  near 
  Santa 
  Barbara, 
  in 
  May, 
  1873. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  P. 
  AHaska, 
  Scud., 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  P. 
  Hip- 
  

   pocrates, 
  Feld., 
  from 
  Japan, 
  as 
  between 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  my 
  

   cabinet, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  P. 
  AHaska, 
  taken 
  by 
  myself 
  at 
  the 
  Dalles, 
  Oregon, 
  I 
  can 
  

   perceive 
  do 
  difference 
  whatever. 
  P. 
  Hippocrates 
  is 
  stated 
  by 
  Kirby, 
  and 
  other 
  

   European 
  entomologists, 
  to 
  be 
  only 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  European 
  P. 
  Machon. 
  

   This 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  error, 
  as 
  in 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  each 
  the 
  poiiits 
  of 
  va- 
  

   riation 
  are 
  quite 
  easily 
  distinguished, 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  wings 
  being 
  a 
  per- 
  

   manent 
  character. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  bear 
  the 
  same 
  relation 
  to 
  each 
  other 
  as 
  do 
  

   P. 
  Turnns 
  and 
  P. 
  Rutulus. 
  I 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  P. 
  Asterioides, 
  Reakt., 
  is 
  

   the 
  tropica! 
  form 
  of 
  P. 
  Asteriis, 
  Cram. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  thus 
  tabulated 
  : 
  

  

  A. 
  

  

  Macular 
  band 
  of 
  secondaries 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  wing. 
  

  

  1. 
  Band 
  of 
  primaries 
  narrow 
  on 
  internal 
  margin. 
  Abdomen 
  

  

  black, 
  with 
  yellow 
  lateral 
  line 
  P. 
  Zolicaon. 
  

  

  2. 
  Band 
  of 
  primaries 
  very 
  wide 
  on 
  internal 
  margin 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  

  

  yellow, 
  with 
  black 
  dorsal 
  line 
  P- 
  AHaska. 
  

  

  B. 
  

  

  Macular 
  band 
  of 
  secondaries 
  narrow. 
  Base 
  of 
  wing 
  black. 
  

   a. 
  Baud 
  bent 
  inwardly 
  ou 
  secondaries. 
  Abdomen 
  spotted. 
  

   1. 
  Tails 
  very 
  short 
  P- 
  hrevicauda. 
  

  

  