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Described from nine $ specimens reared as above described 

 from two nymphal specimens of Haemaphysctlis leporis-palus 

 iris, one from cottqntail rabbit, one from jack rabbit, collected 

 by J. D. Mitchell in Jackson Co., Tex. 



Type No. 10820 U. S. National Museum. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XIV, 

 Ixodiphagus n. gen. texanus n. sp., detailed parts : 



a, Labium with palpus of adult, from side. 



b, Labium with palpi of adult, from below. 



c, Mandibles of larva. • 



d, Maxilla with palpus of adult, from below. 



e, The same from above. 



/, Outline of body of Haemaphysalis leporis-palustris, showing exit 



hole of adult Ixodiphagus. 

 g and h, Mandibles of adult. 



A new Butterfly from California. 



By Henry Skinner. 

 Thecla loki n. sp. 



o 71 - — Expanse 27 mm. Antennae annulate black and white, tip ferru- 

 ginous, club black. Upper side : Primaries pale brown, with an almost 

 obsolete black lunule near anal angle, with some brighter colored scales 

 above it. A long tail and a short tail, each tipped with white. Under- 

 side : Primaries light brown, with a greenish tinge ; a mesial white line 

 edged internally with black, crosses the wing but does not reach the 

 inner margin. Secondaries same color, with a tortuous mesial white 

 line from costa to inner margin, edged with black. In some specimens 

 a white discal dash, wanting in others ; space outside of mesial band 

 lighter in color. Crossing this space from costa to inner margin is a row 

 of about seven or eight black spots, a black spot between this row and 

 the outer margin and one at anal angle ; the margin is a narrow black 

 line. 



From five specimens taken by Mr. W. S. Wright at Mt. 

 Springs, San Diego County, Cal., July 5, 1906. 



This species is allied to damon, castalis and blenina, and can 

 be at once separated from them by the difference in the char- 

 acter of the band of black spots which runs from the costa to 

 the inner margin. In the other species this band of spots 

 begins near or below the middle of the outer margin. 



