[489] LEPIDOPTERA 215 



Pieris napi Linn. 



Pieris napi Linn., Faun. Suec, 271, 1761. 

 Twenty-two examples. 



Var. bryoniae Ochs. 



One female : Muir Inlet, June 1 1 . 



Var. hulda Edw. 



Eighteen examples: Kadiak, Jnly 20; Cook Inlet, July 21 ; Knkak 

 Bay, July 5 ; Juneau, July 25 ; Popof Island, July 13 ; mainland near 

 Shumagin Islands, July (Mr. Palache). 



Var. acadica Edw. ? 



Three examples : Kukak Bay, July 5. 



Rather smaller than the figure of acadica Edw. and the gray dusting 

 of secondaries more extensive. 



Family LYC^ENIDjE. 

 Chrysophanus dorcas Kirb. 

 Chrysophanus dorcas Kirb., Faun. Bor. Am., 4, 229, pi. 4, 1837. 



Thirteen examples : Kadiak, July 20; Cook Inlet, July 21. 



The specimens vary enough to easily cover Edwards' description of 

 jdorus, which is thus seen to be simply a synonym of dorcas Kirb. 



Family HESPERID^. 

 Pamphila palaemon Pall. 

 Pamphila palccmon Pall., Reise 1, 471, 1 771. 

 Five examples : Kukak Bay, July 5. 



Family ARCTIID^. 

 Platarctia parthenos Hair. 

 Platarctia parthenos Harr., Agassiz, Lake Sup., 390, 1S50. 



Three examples: Kadiak, July 5; Popof Island, July 13. 



All very red, the wings and thorax strongly tinged with red, the 

 spots of fore wings large and yellowish. 

 Platarctia subnebulosa Dyar. 

 Platarctia sudne&tdosa Dyar, Ent. News, 10, 130, 1899. 



Two examples : Point Clarence, St. Paul Island. 



Both females with the wings only partly expanded. One example 

 is very red, the marks of fore wings reduced, leaving extensive yellow 

 areas ; the other has the normal markings, but blackish brown, not 

 strongly reddened. 



