NOTICE OF A SMALL COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES, MADE BY 

 DR. A. S. PACKARD, IN COLORADO AND UTAH, IN 187o. 



By Samuel H. Scudder. 



The collection has some interest, as it contains several rare forms, 

 and extends our knowledge of the geographical distribution of many of 

 the species. Thirty-three species in all were obtained, and of these 

 eight have not been previously known in the Territory in which they 

 were taken. 



1. (Eneis Semidea (Say). A single specimen was taken, July 14, on 

 Pike's Peak, at an elevation of 13,000 feet. Although this has pre- 

 viously been reported from the Eocky Mountains of Colorado, it has 

 always seemed questionable to me whether the allied form (E. (Eno was 

 not meant. A careful study of a number of specimens, and a compari- 

 son of the abdominal appendages, leave no reasonable doubt that Semi- 

 dea is an inhabitant of the Eocky Mountain summits, as well as of those 

 of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. 



2. Erehia Epipsodea Butl. Pike's Peak, just above timber-line, July 11. 



3. Coenonymjiha ocJiracea Edw. Pike's Peak, 8,000 feet, July 11. 

 , 4. Danaida Flexijypus (Linn.). Pike's Peak, 8,000 feet, July 14. 



5. CMorippe Lycaon (Fabr.). Golden, Colo., July 3. I am not aware 

 that this has ever before been found west of the great plains. 



6. Pohjgonia Satyrus (Edw.). Salt Lake City, July 21. 



7. Folygonia ZejJhyrus (Edw.). Georgetown, Colo., July 8. 



8. Papilio Antiopa Linn. Salt Lake City, July 21. 



9. Vanessa cardui (Linn.). Boulder City, June 29; Denver, July 10 ; 

 Pike's Peak, from 8,000 feet to summit, July 14; Arapahoe Peak, 11,000 

 to 12,000 feet. 



10. Euptoieta Claudia (GTam.). IManiton and Garden of the Gods, Colo., 

 July 13 ; Pike's Peak, 8,000 to 9,000 feet, July 14. 



11. Argynnis Meadii Edw. American Fork Cafion, Utah, July 22. 

 I formerly' questioned whether this were distinct from A. Edwardsii, but 

 it now seems to me to be so. It has not been hitherto reported out of 

 Colorado. 



12. Argynnis Hesperis Edw. American Fork Canon, Utah, July 22 ; 

 also known hitherto only from Colorado. A single specimen was taken 

 with the colors as in Edwards's hgures, but with the marking of both 

 the upper and under surfaces heavier, almost exactly as in A. moniicoJa. 



13. Brenthis Helena (Eds^.). Pike's Peak, from timber-line upward, 

 July 14. 



14. Lemonias Anicia (Doubl.-Hewits.). The alpine form nuhigcna 

 was taken at Pike's Peak, from the timber-line upward, July 14. 



15. Phyciodes pratensis (Behr.). The form campesiris was taken at 

 Denver, June 27, Georgetown, July 8, and Mauitou, July 16. 



16. Thccla Edicardsii Saund. A very worn specimen, but unques- 

 tionably of this species, was taken at Mauitou, Colo., July 16. It has 

 never before been reported west of Iowa. 



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