APPENDIX SS. 1855 



Genus MELITCEA Fabr. 



Melitaea Pratensis var. Pallida. 



Melitcea Pallida, Edwards (TV. H.), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadel- 

 phia, ii. p. 505 (1864). — Mead. Wheeler's Report, v, p. 763 (1875). 



Melitcea Pratensis var. Pallida, Strecker, Syn. Catalogue, p. 121 (1878). 



Phydodes Camillus, Edwards (W. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 268 (1871). — Mead, Wheel- 

 er's Kept. p. 764 (1875). 



Phydodes JSmissa, Edwards (W. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. iii, p. 269 (1871). 



Taken latter part of July and beginning of August at Weeminuche Creek and otlier 

 localities along tbe route ; it is tlie Colorado form of the Californian Pratensis Behr., 

 and is also found in Utah, Kansas, and Texas. 



Melitcea Xyeteis. 



Melitcea Xyeteis. Doubt.eday & Hewitsox, Genera of Diurnal Lepidoptera. p. 181. t. 23. f. 3- 

 (1846-1850).— Morris, Syn. Lep. X. Am. p. 325 (1862).— Strecker, Syn. Catalogue, p. 122 

 (1878). 



Melitcea Oenone, Scudder, Proc. Essex Inst, iii, p. 166 (1862). 



Melitcea Xyctis, Boisduval, Lep. Cat. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belgique. p. 53 (1869). 



Melitcea Harrisii, Edwards (\Y. H.), Canadian Entomologist, ii, p. 163 (1870). 



Two examples, male and female, taken near the headwaters of the San Juan River, 

 August 2 ; these, as are all the Colorado examples I have yet seen, are much darker 

 than those from more eastern localities. It is a species found from Canada to Virginia 

 and from the Atlantic westward to the Rocky Mountains. 



Melitcea Minuta. 



Melitcea Minuta. Edwards (W. H.). Proceedings of the Academvof Natural Sciences of Phi- 

 ladelphia, p. 161 (1861).— Morris. Svn. Lep. N. Am. p. 325 (1862).— Mead, Wheelers Kept, 

 v. p. 761, t. 36 (1875).— Strecker, Syn. Catalogue, p. 123 (1878). 



Melitcea Arachne. Edwards ) \Y. H.), Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. ii, p. 372 (1869).— Mead, "Wheeler's 

 Kept, v, p. 760 (1875). 



One male, September 15, in the Lower Florida Valley, above the Indian reservation ; 

 this beautiful and somewhat rare species belongs to the same group as the European 

 Cinxia L. and Phcrbe Knoch, which latter it much resembles on both surfaces in color 

 and ornamentation. 



Melitcea Anicia var. Xubic/ena. 



Melitcea Xubigena, Behr., Proceedings of the California Academy ot Natural Sciences, iii,. 



p. 91 (1863). 

 Melitcea Anicia var. Xubigena, Strecker, Syn. Catalogue, p. 124 (1878). 



Several males and females taken July 21 at Pagosa Springs, and observed previously 

 at other places. 



Melitcea Alma. 



Melitcea Alma. .Strecker. Lepidoptera Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, i, p. 135, t. 15, f. 1 (1877); 

 Synonymical Catalogue p. 189 (1878). 



One male of this beautiful and rare insect was taken at the Rio Florida above the 

 Indian Reservation. It is nearly allied to Leanira Bdl., but differs from that species 

 remarkably on the upper surface, in which the black ground-color is replaced by bright 

 fulvous. The type was received from Arizona; it was also a male. 



Genus VANESSA Fabr. 

 Vanessa Antiopa. 



Vanessa Antiopa. Lixxe (Papilio A.). Systema Naturae, ed. x, p. 476 (1758) ; ed. xii. i. 2. p. 

 776 (1767).— Hubxer, Europaische Schmetterlinge. i. f. 79, 80 (1805).— Herbst, "Xatursvst. 

 Schmetterlinge, vii, p. 96, t. 166 (1794).— Godart (Vanessa A.), Enc. M6th. ix, p, 308 (1819*).— 

 Boisd. & Lec, Lep. Am. Sept. p. 173 (1833).— Harris. Ins. Inj. Veg. 3d ed. p. 296. f. 121. 122 

 (1862).— Morris. Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 57 (1862).— Strecker, Syn. Catalogue, p. 133 (1878). 



Papilio Morio, Lixxe. Fauna Suecica. ed. i. p. 232(1746). 



Papilio Pompadour, POLLICH, Bemerk. Churpf. Oek. Ges. (1779). 



Of this cosmopolitan species one female was captured, September 15, at the Lower 

 Rio Florida. There was no note of any more having been noticed by tbe expedition. 



Genus PYRAMEIS Hiib. 



PyrameiH Atalanta. 



Pyrameis Atalanta. Lixxe (Papilio A.). Systema Naturae, ed. x. p. 47.^ (1758) ; ed. xii. 1. 2. p. 



779(1767) : Faun. Suec p. 279 (1761).— Herbst. Natursyst. Schmett. vii. p. 171. t. iso (1794).— 



Boisd. (fc Lec. (Vanessa A.). Lep. Am. Sept. p. 175 (1833).— Harris (Cynthia A.). Ins. Inj. 



Teg. 3d ed. p. 294. f. 120 (1862).— Morris (Pyrameis A.), Syn. Lep. N. Am. p. 58 (1862).— 



Strecker. Svn. Catalogue, p. 135 (1878). 

 Papilio Ami ra'lis, RETZIU8, Gen. et Sp. Ins. 31 (1783). 



One male, July 21, at Pagosa Springs. Others were seen here and there on the route. 



