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was taken near Kerrville, Texas, last season. It is rather worn and 

 was probably driven by the wind from its natural home in Mexico 



Eudamus I'das Cram. 1 have specimens of this species from Kerr- 

 ville, Texas, also from Southern Arizona and New Mexico, so that 

 it probably deserves a place on our list. 



Eudamus OM?i's Skinner. Is not rare in Southern Arizona as well 

 as Texas. 



Eudamus coyote Skinner. A few specimens of this species were 

 taken in the neighborhood of Corpus Christi, Texas. 



Eudamus epigona Hen*. Schaff. Is not at all rare in the Huac- 

 huca Mountains, Arizona. 



Eudamus cellus Bd. Lee. Is verj' common in the same region, and 

 do'nis, Edw. is also found there, but much less plentifully. 



Erycides amynlas Fab. Is extremely common at Miami, Florida, 

 as several hundred specimens received from there this season testify. 

 I also have the species from Texas and Arizona 



Pyrrhopyga araxes Hew. This species is very common in the 

 Huachuca Mountains in June and July. 



^giale streckeri ^\i\.ur\ev. Not rare around Durango, Colorado. 

 Varies greatly in size and markings. 



^gialeneumoegeniiEdw. This species is not rai*e in Southern 

 Arizona, but seems to be local in its habits and to fly only during a 

 short season. A series of fifty or more specimens show little vari- 

 ation. 



A DESCRIPTION OF A VARIETY OF ARGYNNIS NIT0CRI5 

 FROM CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO. 



By W. J. Holland, LL.D. 



I recently retjeived from C. H. Tyler Townsend a collection 

 of Lepidoptera made by him in the State of Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. The collection was taken at the head of the Rio 

 Piedras Verdes, in Chihuahua, at an elevation of from 7,100 

 to 7,300 feet above sea level in the Sierra Madre region. The 

 collection wa« quite devoid of novel tie8, conBistin^ alnioHt 

 wholly of c^minion Hpe<',ieH «»f wide <liK<rilMition. The only 

 excxjption to this obw'rvation is found in a varietal I'onn of 

 ArffijnniH nitocrin liklwardH, for which I propose the varietal 

 nani<* of en riiltHcfiiH. 

 Argynnix nitoorii, vnr., o«Bruleto«iw, vnr. 



cf . The tnnlo doe* not materially differ from the types of nitocrt's 

 ooDtatoed iu the Edwaniv colle^tt ion, except that the basnl and 

 median area are darker on the upper ^ide than iu the typo iukI tlie 

 «IMil8 more confluent. On the under Hide the deep red of the basal 



