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black, relieved by a series of bright yellow dots at the extremity of each 

 of the veins. The fringes are dark wood brown. The posterior wing on 

 the upper side is dark wood brown. The wing is sharply produced at 

 the extremity of vein 3. About the middle of the wing below the cell a 

 series of pale blue parallel lines, succeeded by an irregular median line, 

 which does not run to the costa, but originates beyond the cell, curves 

 first downwardly and then outwardly to vein 3. Between veins 3 and 2 

 it forms an angle with its point directed towards the base, and then 

 sweeps, by a regular curve, inwardly to the inner margin. This line is 

 defined outwardly and inwardly by fine pale yellow lines. In the angle 

 between veins 2 and 3 is a dark black triangular spot defined externally 

 by a white patch and irrorated with bluish scales. This patch is suc- 

 ceeded by two small black points connected by a fine silvery white bar 

 which is a portion of the submarginal line, which is interrupted with a 

 dark shade at the point where the wing is externally produced at the 

 extremity of vein 3. The marginal line is very fine, silvery white. The 

 fringes are of the same color as on the upper wing. Both wings on the 

 under side are gray clouded outwardly with dark fuscous. In both the 

 dark transverse posterior lines of the upper surface are reproduced 

 faintly, most conspicuously on the lower side of the secondaries, where 

 the line is crenulate. There are a few minute white spots at the exremity 

 of the subcostal nervures on this side. 

 Expanse 34 mm. 



Type in collection of H. D. Merrick, New Brighton, Pa. 



The Three Californias. 

 By F. E. Blaisdell, m.d. 



To Prof, H. C. Fall is due the credit of the awakening that 

 has taken place among the Californian Entomologists. In his 

 recent and excellent effort * he has shown how interesting and 

 stimulating a preliminary list may be, and besides he has ex- 

 posed the inaccuracy of much of the previous work that has 

 been done within the State. 



Knowledge to be tiseful must be accurate ; it necessarily 

 follows that observers and recorders of biological data must be 

 painstaking, and endeavor to eliminate error in order to place 

 such data upon the altar of scientific perfection. 



Unfortunately we have to attain precision — it is not bom 



* List of the Coleoptera of Southern California, with notes on Habits 

 anci Pistribution (^occasional papers of the Cal. Acad, Nat. Sci.). 



