[November 1884. _ BULLETIN BROOKLYN ENTOM. SOC. VOL. VIL. 101 
P, vulneratus, Lec. Ent. Rept. Expl. and Sury. XII, 1857, p. 60. 
Color uniform black, somewhat shining, with an oblique band of 
white hair on each elytron. Length .32 inch, =8 mm. Hab. Cal. 
P. varius, Fab. Spec. Ins. I, p. 241; Oliv. Ent. IX, 70, p. 54, t. Se ta S5eluec: 
J.A.P. ser. 2, Il, p. 33; versicolor Gmel. et Linn. I, 4, p. 1852; bicinctum Dej. Cat. 
3d ed. p. 355; albofasciatus Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. I, 1862, p. 274. 
The coloring of this species varies greatly. It is generally light 
rufous, darker behind the middle with two transverse white bands, but 
the species is found of many darker shades and even entirely black with: 
only the extreme base of the elytra a shade lighter. The anterior band 
is arcuate, the posterior quite straight. Length .25 to.36 inch. = 6 to 
gmm. Hab. United States. 
P. decussatus, Lec. Ent. Rept, XI, 1857, p 6r. 
Varies in color as the preceeding does, but is easily distinguished 
by the bands being oblique. The anterior is slightly arcuate and bent 
downward toward the suture, the posterior in the Opposite direction, 
Length .25 to 30 inch. 6107.5 mm. Hab, California, 
P, nitidus, Lec. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, V, p. 66. 
The color of this species varies from yellowish brown to black but 
the elytra are always lighter betore the middle. The bands are as in 
decussatus and the species can only be surely distinguished by the very 
shining surface of the thorax and elytra. Length .25 to .28 inch. = 6 
to 7mm. Hab, Nevada, 
MERIUM, Airby. 
_ Contains only one species; 
M. proteus, Kirby. Fn. Bor. Am. IV, 1837, p, 172, t.5, f. 5; Mann. Bull. 
Mosc. 1853, III, p. 247; Lec. J.A.P. ser. 2, II, p. 32. 
This species is very distinct by the raised lines of the thorax and 
elytra. ‘The color is brown and the lines being a lighter tint and quite 
shining resemble dirty ivory. Length .45 to .60 inch. = 11 to 15 mm. 
Hab. Colorado, Hudson Bay Terr. 
cucu. ae 
SYNOPSES OF BUTTEREFLIES. 
By Rev. Geo. D, Hutsr. 
COENONYMPHA, 0. 
1, California, Doub. Hew. Gen. Diur. Lep, If, p. 398, pl. 67. 
Wings above almost uniform dusky white, showing however quite 
plainly the markings of the under side. Sometimes these exist. on the 
upper side, making on both wings a broad marginal band, slightly 
lighter in color. There is often a small round more or less obsolete 
