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sud. He was unfortunate in having but a single much-worn specimen 

 at the time from which to describe the species and may therefore be 

 pardoned. But the original description by Edwards is so clear and the 

 individuality of the species so marked that it seems necessary to rel- 

 egate del sud to the waste basket of synonymy. I have taken hermes 

 now for two years and have examined and studied nearly one hundred 

 specimens — good and bad — and there is not the slightest doubt 

 that it is hermes and not del sud. 



57. Gaeides xanthoides Boisduval (389). 



Xanthoides occurs in the mountains and among the foothills in 

 considerable numbers. It is easily taken and is probably most often 

 found on the Eriogonum, or wild " buckwheat." 



58. Gaeides gorgon Boisduval (392). 



Gorgon is evidently a mountain butterfly, only an occasional one 

 being taken in the lower valleys. In July, 1906, I took a few speci- 

 mens in the mountains beyond Campo, and this current year Mr. 

 George Field took it in some numbers on Yolcan Mt. 



59. Epidemia helloides Boisduval (396). 



A common butterfly everywhere. Most frequently found about 

 low damp places. 



60. Nomiades polyphemus Boisduval (418 syn.). 



This is the butterfly that is figured in West Coast Butterflies as 

 " Lyccena antiacis." Mr. Fordyce Grinnell, of Pasadena, however, 

 has given much time to the study of the group and he assures me that 

 it is polyphemus. It certainly differs much from the antiacis of the 

 region of San Francisco where Boisduval's types were taken. 



61. Philotes sonorensis Felder (423). 



Only three specimens of this beautiful little butterfly have been 

 taken in this locality recently, one at La Jolla, one in this city and 

 one at Lemon Grove. It is said to have been abundant some years 

 ago in the canons about Bonita in the Sweetwater Valley, and I am 

 told that it has been collected at Point Loma. 



62. Rusticus glaucon Edwards (428). 



A very common little "blue." It occurs in considerable num- 

 bers almost anywhere from the coast to the mountains. 



