A NEW LYCAENJD 



(Lepi'lo'ptera) 

 By W. S. Wright 



Miltoura spinetoruvi cuyamaca ne7V sub-species. 



Through the kindness of Dr. John Comstock of the Southwest 

 Museum I have before me four specimens of Spinetoruvi Boisduval 

 and two paratypes of what I belie^ e to be a new sub-species. I 

 have also before me Oberthur's figure of Boisduval's type. Not 

 having Boisduval's notes I am unable to determine the published 

 range of his species. 



Of the four specimens of spinetorum mentioned 2 are from 

 Priest River^ Idaho (Herr), and 2 are from Morris Canon, Cochise 

 County, Ariz. (Owen). One of the Priest River specimens is typi- 

 cal except that the submarginal line of spots is complete on second- 

 aries, the other has slight variations in the line on the primaries 

 beneath, it is bent on the subcostal, and extends in a deep inward 

 curve from vein 2 to inner margin. Both the Arizona specimens 

 show the extended line on the primaries and in one of them the 

 W- mark on the secondaries is obsolete while a white discal dot 

 appears on the primaries beneath. It will be seen by this record 

 that the range of spinetoruvi is extended and although the localities 

 given are wide!}' separated there is no good reason why it might 

 not be taken at intermediate points as well, probably always at 

 high altitudes. 



The new sub-species which I shall call cuyaviaca would also 

 seem to have a wide range: from San Diego County on the south 

 to Martina, Montana, on the north, with one specimen from an in- 

 termediate point — Sierra Madre Range near Los Angeles, Calif. 

 Cuyamaca may be characterized as follows: 



Expanse, 32 to 34™"\ 



Palpi, gray with black tips. Front, dark brown with 2 pure 

 white lines from base of antennae to base of palpi. Antennae, dark 

 brown, annulate with white, fulvous at t\\). 



Upper surface: Stigma rather indistinct. Color, dark bro\ni 

 with a massing of dark "blue scales on basal half of primaries and 

 entire surface of secondaries except along inner margin and at 

 apex. In spinetorum the blue scales are confined to basal area on 

 both wings. Fringe on primaries white at tip. On secondaries the 

 fringe is white from apex to tail with a black spot at vein three, 

 black beyond tail to anal angle with a white spot at vein one. 

 In spinetorum there is a very short tail-like projection of the fringe 

 at vein 3 and no white spot "at vein 1. Tail black with a white tip. 



