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Mecostethus gracilis (Sc.) 

 Aug. 9, 18, 19, 30; 7 $ . Damp meadowland. 



Arphia frigida (Sc.) 



May 16. 1 9 ; June 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 29; 

 20 3 , 19 9 ; July 1, 29; 3 $ , 2 9 . As in Dr. "Walker's series 

 from Saskatchewan, these specimens exhibit a great variability 

 in the color of the wings. The great majority of the speci- 

 mens are yellow-winged ; one specimen has wings of quite as 

 deep a shade of red as A. pscudonietaua, while specimens hav- 

 ing wings of a color intermediate between these two types 

 number quite a few. The yellow sutural stripe of the teg- 

 mina is present in but two specimens. 



Arphia pseudonietana (Thorn.) 



Aug. 13, 18, 27, 30; 5 6 , 3 9 . Sept. 6, 30; 2 $ , 1 9 . All 

 taken on the prairie. 



Hippiscus tuberculatus (Pal. de B.) 



May 26, i S ; June 3.. 5, 9, 10, 19, 21, 23 ; 95 , 5 9 . Label- 

 led : damp meadow, near woods, dry land, open meadow in 

 woods. 



Hippiscus maculatus Sc. 



June 2, 9, 19, 23 ; 7 $ , 5 9 . Labelled : dry prairie, dry sandy 

 hill, dry sandy land. All the specimens before us have the 

 disc of the wing very pale lemon yellow, with the exception 

 of one male which has that part of the wing colored pale sal- 

 mon pink. With the small amount of material at hand we 

 are unable to decide the validity of the several closely allied 

 species: Hippiscus maculatus, tigrinus, latifasciatus and 

 zapotecus (?). The series before us belongs assuredly to but 

 one species ; we have used the name "maculatus" as the spec- 

 imens agree with the description of that species, and of the 

 species above mentioned this name has priority of date. As 

 Dr. Walker has mentioned in his recent paper, Scudder's char- 

 acters for this genus are almost wholly useless, and, in con- 

 sequence, it probably contains numerous synonyms. 



Dissosteira Carolina (Linn.) 

 July 30, 2 $ , 19. All taken on a sand bank. 



