Sept., I9 o8.] Wright: List of Diurnal Lepidopteka. 159 



flying through the city in a northwesterly direction. The flight con- 

 tinued for several days. 



34. Vanessa carye Hiibner (222). 



The " California painted lady " is to be seen in some numbers as 

 early as February and continues to fly until cold weather. The larva? 

 may be gathered as soon as Malva rotundifolia begins to put out its 

 leaves. It is easily bred and has many generations in a year. 



35. Junonia ccenia Hiibner (223). 



One of the commonest butterflies of this region is ccenia. It is 

 abundant from the coast to the tops of the mountains. Mrs. Kath- 

 erine Brandegee reared it in considerable numbers from larvoe gathered 

 at Cuyamaca Lake at an elevation of nearly 5,000 feet. Ccenia has 

 been considered a valley butterfly (West Coast Butterflies), but this 

 record will place it among the mountain species as well. 



36. Basilarchia lorquini Boisduval(242). 



This beauty may be found among the willows along the water 

 courses from the coast to the mountains and is quite common. 



37. Limenitis californica Butler (243a). 



Very abundant about the oaks back from the coast. It is also 

 found occasionally in the valleys near the coast. Among the oaks it 

 is a high-minded creature, keeping well toward the tops of the trees 

 out of harm's way, and is therefore rather difficult to capture. It is 

 pugnacious and will fly after anything that comes too near; it will 

 follow clear to the ground a stick or stone that is thrown into the air. 

 In this way the insect may often be brought within range of one's net. 



38. Cercyonis paulus Edwards (262). 



Common under the oaks at an elevation of about 2,000 feet or 

 higher. It also occurs sparingly amongst the brush on the open mesa. 



39. Coenonympha californica Doub. & Hewit (279). 



This is a very confusing species ; it is also a very common one. 

 Wright figures five forms, ranging from San Diego County to Men- 

 docino County all of which "are very much alike, being, perhaps, 

 seasonal or local subspecies or varieties of the same stock, being 

 similar on the upper side, and only minor differences appearing on 

 the under side, and all the features are in good degree variable, and 

 merge into one another. . . . Californica is sometimes called the 

 summer form. I would rather call it the northern form, as it is com- 



