DESCRIPTION OF A NEW COP^ODES. 



Copaeodes Candida. $ . expanse .85 to i.i inch. Both 

 wings honey-yellow, immaculate, edged by a fine black 

 line; fringe yellow. Secondaries, blackish at base; a 

 dark ray from base along costa. Under side a little 

 paler yellow ; primaries black at base and for a little way 

 along inner margin. 



Types in author's museum. 



Habitat, canons in the foothills of southwestern Cali- 

 fornia. 



This species I first took in 1883, '^"^^ nearly every yean- 

 since then has added one or more examples to my collec- 

 tion. From the first I recognized it to be a new species, 

 but I have kept it in abeyance until I should get a fair 

 series, as I do not approve of the establishment of a 

 species upon a single example. Having now, however, a 

 dozen specimens, and all without variation, the species is 

 entitled to recognition, and I have named it Candida, 

 signifying spotless, as in that respect it is faultless. 



I judge that its nearest ally is C. Eiiniis, a northern 

 mountain species with more black at base and rays 

 toward margin ; and that its nearest southern relative is 

 C . Wn'g/itii, a desert form with black sexual bar on disk 

 of primaries, and light golden rays on under side of sec- 

 ondaries, by which marks they can readily be separated 

 from C. Candida. 



All these species of Copgeodes appear to be very local, 

 and are scarce even in their own habitat — C. Eiiniis hav- 

 ing been named from a single specimen, while of the 

 others only a few examples are taken in a year. 



2b Ser. Vol. III. April 16, 18M0. 



