APPENDIX SS. 1855 



Genus MELITCEA Fain-. 



MtiHttm Pratensls var. Pallida. 



Melitcea Pallida, EDWARDS (W. H.), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadel 

 phia, ii, p. 505 (1864). MEAD, Wheeler s Report, v, p. 763 (1875). 



Melitcea Pratensis var. Pallida, STRECKER, Syn. Catalogue, p. 121 (1878). 



Phyciodes Camillus, EDWARDS (W. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 268 (1871). MEAD, Wheel 

 er s Kept. p. 764 (1875). 



Phyciodes Emissa, EDWAUDS (W. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 269 (1871). 



Taken latter part of July and beginning of August at Weemh niche Creek and other 

 localities along the route; it is the Colorado form of the Californiaii Pratensis Bohr., 

 and is also found in Utah, Kansas, and Texas. 



Mdltwa Nycleis. 



Melitcea Nyctels. Dorm.EDAY & HEWITSOX, Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. p. 181. t. 23, f. 3 



(1846-1850). MORRIS, Syn. Lep. X. Ana. p. 325 (1862). Sl RECKEB, Syu. Catalogue, p. 122 



(18/8). 



Melitcea Oenone. SCUDDER, Proc. Essex Tnst. iii, p. 166 (1862). 

 Melitcea Nyctis. BOISDUVAL, Lep. Cat. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique, p. 53 (1869). 

 Melitcea Harritsii, EDWARDS (\V. H.), Canadian Entomologist, ii, p. 163 (1870). 



Two examples, male and female, taken near the headwaters of the San Juan River, 

 August 2; these, as are all the Colorado examples I have yet seen, are much darker 

 than those from more eastern localities. It is a species found from Canada to Virginia 

 and from the Atlantic westward to the Rocky Mountains. 



MellUm Mlnuia. 



Melitcea Mimita. EDWARDS (W. H.). Proceedings of the Academy of Xatural Sciences of Phi 

 ladelphia, p. 161 (1861). MORRIS. Syn. Lep. X. Am. p. 325 (1862). MEAD, Wheeler s Kept, 

 v, p. 761, t. 36 (1875). STBECKER. Syn. Catalogue, p. 123 (1878). 



Melitcea Arachne, EDWARDS )\V. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, p. 372 (1869). MEAD, Wheeler s 

 Kept, v, p. 760 (1875). 



One male, Septemher 15, in the Lower Florida Valley, above the Indian reservation ; 

 this beautiful and somewhat rare species belongs to the same group as the European 

 Cinxia L. and Phoebe Kiioch, which latter it much resembles on both surfaces in color 

 and ornamentation. 



MeUtcm Anicia var. Xnbiyena. 



Melitcea Xvbigena, BEHR., Proceedings of the California Academy ot Xatural Sciences iii, 



p. 91 (1863). 

 Melitcea Anicia var. Nubigena, STRECKER, Syn. Catalogue, p. 124 (1878). 



Several males and females taken July 21 at Pagosa Springs, and observed previously 

 at other places. 



Mdita ct Alma. 



Melitcea Alma. STRECKER. Lepidoptera Khopaloceres and Heteroceres, i, p. 135, t. 15. f. 1 (1877); 

 Synonymical Catalogue p. 189 (1878). 



One male of this beautiful and rare insect was taken at the Rio Florida above the 

 Indian Reservation. It is nearly allied to Leamra Bdl., but d liters from that species 

 remarkably on the upper surface, in which the black ground-color is replaced by bright 

 fulvous. The type was received from Arizona; it was also a male. 



Genus VANESSA Fabr. 

 Vanessa Antiopa. 



Vanessa Antiopa. LIXNE (Papilio A.), Svstema Xatura 1 . ed. x. p. 476 (1758): ed. xii. i. 2. p. 

 776 (1767). HUHXER. Europaische Schmetterlinge, i. f. 79. 80 (1805). HERBST, Xatursyst. 

 Schmetterlinge. vii, p. 96. t. 166 (1794). GODAKT (Vanexm A.), Enc. M6th. ix. p. 308 (1819). 

 BOISD. &amp;lt;fe LEC., Lep. Am. Sept. p. 173 (1833). HARRIS. Ins. In}. Veg. 3d ed. p. 296. f. 121. 122 

 (1862). MORRIS. Syn. Lep. X. Am. p. 57 (1862). STRECKER, Syn. Catalogue, p. 133 (1878). 



Papilio Morio, LlNNE, Fauna Suecica, ed. i, p. 232 (1746). 



Papilio Pompadour, POLLICH, Beinerk. Churpf. Oek. Ges. (1779). 



Of this cosmopolitan species one female was captured, September 15, at the Lower 

 Rio Florida. There was no note of any more having been noticed by the expedition. 



Genus PYRAMEIS Hub. 

 Pyra in clx A la Jan ta . 



Pyrameis Atalanta. LIXXE (Papilio A.). Systema Xatura?. ed. x. p. 478 (1758) ; ed. xii. 1. 2. p. 



779 (1767) : Faun. Suec. p. 279 (1761). HE RUST, Xatursyst. Schmett. vii. p. 171, t. 180 (1794). 



BOISD. & LEC. (Vanessa A.), Lep. Am. Sept. p. 175 (1833). HARRIS (Cynthia A.), Ins. Inj. 



. Veg. 3d ed. p. 294, f. 120 (1862). MORRIS (Pyrameix A.), Syn. Lcp. X. Am. p. 58 (1862). 



STRECKER, Syn. Catalogue, p. 135 (1878). 



Papilio Ainirdlis, KETZii:s,\&amp;gt;en. et Sp. Ins. 31 (1783). 



One male, July 21, at Pagosa Springs. Others were seen here and there on the route. 



