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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 45 
iE, 
uP. 
wrightii Edw. Can. Ent. 1886 
Common locally around Pasadena. (Grinnell.) 
Phyciodes Hubner. (Syn. Melitaea.) 
mylitta. Edw. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861 
In Arroyo Seco Canyon, but not common. (Grinnell.) 
. montana Behr, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sei. 1863 
In Arroyo Seco Canyon; rare. 
Polygonia Hubner. (Syn. Grapta.) 
.satyrus Edw. Trans. Ann. Ent. Soc. 1869 
Common throughout S. California. Larva on Urtica. 
Dimorphie form marsyas, Edw. Trans. Am. Soe. 1870. 
. californica Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1852 
In canyons up to 2000 ft. 
Euvanessa Linn. 
.antiopa Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758 
This handsome butterfly is almost everywhere, whenever 
the sun smiles. 
Aglais Dalman. 
.milberti Godart,Encl. Meth. 1819 
Occasionally and rare at 1000 ft. alt. 
Vanessa Feb. 
. atlanta Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758 
Common to all sections of the U. 8. Caterpillar feeds 
upon nettles. 
-hunter Fab. Syst. Ent. 1775 
Loeal, but not rare on dry uplands, the caterpillar feed- 
ing upon Gnaphalium ealifornicum. 
.cardui Linn. Syst. Nat. 1758 
Europe, Asia, U. S. and almost everywhere. The food- 
plants are thistles, hollyhocks and sunflowers. 
carye Hub. Samml. Exot. Schmett. 1825 
The commonest all day butterfly in all California. The 
eaterpillar feeds on Malva parviflora Linn. There is an 
occasional variety both in the male and in the female 
oceurring too both in North and South California that 
should the sexes meet the progeny would be a well 
marked species. This var. was described by Letcher of 
San Francisco; under the name muelleri. It is rare but 
uniform in markings, Pasadena, (Herr.) Santa Monica, 
(Rivers) ; Berkeley, (Rivers) Mountain View, (Rivers). 
The first example of this abberation was taken by the 
late Lepidopterist, Van Ammon of San Francisco. 
JUNONIA Hubner. 
44. J.coenia Hub. Samm] Exot, Sehmitt. 1825 
This species though not rare is local and would be found 
