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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '03 



Female with the abdominal appendages moderately long. Abdomen 

 (excl. apps.) (S" 4546, ? 47-48 ; sup. apps. (j^ 6 6.5, 9 7.5 ; width of head 

 J^9 859; hind wing J* 41-5-43. ? 42-43 I pterostigma of front wings J^ 

 3-7-4, 9 4- 



Zf<a;^. — Cuba, Hayti, Mexico, Honduras, Amazons. All 

 these localities are represented in the material I have seen. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE II. 

 Front and hind wings, from photographs (Williamson), of 



1. Aeschna juncea Linn. ^ x 1}^. 



2. CoryphcBschna ingens Ramb. cJ* x 2. 



3. Epiceschna heros Fab. 9x2. 



Three Undescribed Lepidoptera from Southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



By Fordyce Grinnkll, Jr., Palo Alto, Cal. 

 Thecla spadix Henry Edwards. — (^. — Expands ijV to ii% inches. 

 Upper side, primaries, olive merging into hair brown towards the inner 

 margin. Darkest towards the apex. Secondaries entire olive except the 

 inner margin, which is drab. Underside fawn color on both wings. The 

 primaries have a very faint line of dashes parallel to the outer margin, 

 and a very faint discal spot. On the secondaries a comparatively large 

 discal spot. An irregular row of dashes parallel to the outer margin, 

 continuous with those of the primaries and about two thirds of the dis- 

 tance from tne inner margin. In the region of the median nervules close 

 to the outer margin, there is a black crescent and dot enclosing a red 

 spot. In the anal angle there is a black field overlaid with blue scales 

 and a white spot between two black dots. Tails short, terminated with 

 white. Body same color as the wings, but covered with quite long white 

 hairs. Antennae ringed with alternate white and black rings. Fringes 

 white. 



Habitat. — Mountains of Southern California. 



Types 2 $ , collection California Academy of Sciences, taken 

 by the writer on Mt. Wilson, Sierra Madre Mountains, near 

 Pasadena. Mr. J. Elmer Brown took specimens on Mt. Lowe 

 in the same range of mountains. 



I took most of my specimens on June 25 on Mt. Wilson, 

 flying around the clumps of chaparral along the trail. It is 

 the swiftest and most wary Thecla that I have had any experi- 

 ence with. A colony is usually found gyrating around some 

 favorite shrub. After they become settled on a twig, it is 



