BUTTEEFLIES COLLECTED IN CALTFOENIA. 467 



all respects with Scudder's description. The single example was 

 labelled as M. palla, to which, however, it has no affinity. 



16. Melit^a ohalcedona, Doubleday in Gen. Diurn. Lepid. 

 pi. 23. fig. 1 (1847). Shasta County, California. 



Twelve examples of this common but striking species are in 

 the collection. 



17. Phtciodes camillus, W. S. Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. 

 SoG. iii. p. 268 (1871). Shasta Couuty. 



A single example was obtained ; it agrees well with the de- 

 scription of the Colorado insect, and also fairly well with one of 

 the insects figured by Mr. Edwards as a melanistic variety of 

 P. morpJieus (fig. 4). 



18. Phtciodes phaon. — Melitsea phaon, Edwards, Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Phil ii. p. 505 (1864). 



Var. Phtciodes vesta (part.), Edwards, Butt. JST. Am. ii. 

 PJiyciodes, pi. — . figs. 20, 21 (1878). Mendocino and Shasta 

 Counties. 



Var. P. YESTA (typical), — Melitsea vesta, Edwards, Trans. 

 Am. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 371 (1870). Mendocino County (one 

 example). 



This more nearly approaches figs. 18 & 19 of Edwards's plate. 



19. Vanessa geacilis. — Grapta gracilis, Orofe ^ Robinson, 

 Ann. Lye. N. York, viii. p. 432 (1867). Mendocino County. 



20. VAJfESSA SATTfiUS. — Grrapta satyrus, Edwards, Trans. Am. 

 Ent. Soc. ii. p. 374 (1869) ; Butt. JST. Amer. ii. Gr. pi. 6. figs. 1-4 

 (1872). Mendocino County. 



21. Vanessa htlas. — G-rapta hylas, Edwards, Trans. Am. Ent. 

 Soc. iv. p. 68 (1872) ; Butt. iV. Am. ii. Gr. pi. 2. figs. 1-4 (1875). 

 Mendocino County. 



The three preceding species I found associated under the 

 name of " Grapta silenus;" to my mind they appear to be 

 perfectly distinct. 



22. Vanessa Milbeeti, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 307. n. 25 

 (1819) ; Boisd. Sf Leconte, Lep. Am. Sept. p. 187, pi. 50. figs. 3, 4 

 (1833). Mendocino and Siskiyou Counties. 



23. Vanessa califoenioa, Boisduval, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 p. 366 (1852). The locality not stated; probably Mendocino 

 County. 



