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scutellum and the propodeum (except along meson narrowly and the 

 cephalic margin) lemon yellow, the black of the scutellum running a 

 little farther caudad at lateral margins. Scape yellow, also the pedicel 

 except above at proximal half. Fore wings slightly more infuscated. 

 Abdomen compressed. 



Described from one female taken with mcxicanus. 



Type. — Catalogue No. 19345, United States National Mu- 

 setmi, the female on a tag. 



The species coxalis is close to alhicoxa, but the yellow on 

 the propodeum and scape and the different form of that on 

 the scutellum seem to be characters sufficient to require dis- 

 tinction. 



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Argynnis diana (Lep.). 



Dr. Henry Skinner (Ent. News, vii, 318, 1896) calls attention to 

 the fact that the females of this species vary considerably, some speci- 

 mens being blue and some green. 



Among a short series of specimens collected for me by Mr. C. Har- 

 vey Crabill in August, 1914, at Camp Craig, Virginia, is one female 

 which differs in another, and very marked respect, from the typical 

 form. W. H. Edwards' description of the female (Proc. Ent. Soc. of 

 Phila., HI, 431, 1864) says of the under side of the primaries, "apex 

 and hind margin brown," and of the secondaries, "basal two-thirds 

 dark red brown," "the outer third of the wing blackish brown." 



The specimen in question has all these areas described as "brown" 

 of a dark bluish black. Has this variation been noted previously? — 

 Wm. C. Wood, New York City. 



Accidental Color Variation (Lep.). 



I have in my collection a specimen ( $ ) of Sphinx jamakensis, form 

 gcminatus. in which the pink color of the discal area of the secondaries 

 is replaced by lemon yellow. The primaries are rather light in tone, 

 with the brown markings reddish. The pupa from which it emerged 

 (May 12, 1905) was the only one of a batch to reach maturity, the box 

 having been alternately too dry and too wet. 



Mr. S. D. Nixon (Ent. News, xxiii, 127, 1912) describes from a 

 single male specimen a variety of "Smerinthus jamaicensis," which 

 would seem to correspond very closely with my specimen, the chief 

 point of variation from normal being the replacing of the pink of the 

 secondaries by yellow. 



In the collection of the National Museum in Washington there was, 

 several years ago, a specimen (9) of "Smerinthus occilatus Linn." 

 in which the pink of the secondaries was replaced by yellow, in pre- 

 cisely the same manner as in the foregoing instances. Also a specimen 

 ( 5 ) in which the pink was so reduced and faint as to make it an 

 intergrade between the normal and the pale forms. 



Is it not probable that this disappearance of the pink color is an acci- 

 dental effect? The historv of my bred specimen is at least suggestive. 

 Wm. C. Wood, New York City. 



