930 



ERYNNIS. Bv Dr. M. Deaudt. 



assiniboia. 



laureniina. 



■ inanitoboi- 

 des. 



sassaciis. 



dacotae. 



harpalus 



paicnee. 

 montana. 



oHoe. 



cDiianda. 

 lasus. 



cahehi.i. 



napa. 

 metea. 



atlahis. 



ymiia. 



licinufi. 



light apex of the forewmg and black basal markings. — f. assiniboia Lyman, are the eastern specimens from 

 Regina with a very light j'ellowish-green under surface. — f . laurentina Lyman, the dark brown form is called, 

 in case the above mentioned name of f . manitoha is to refer to the yellowish-green assiniboia. — f . manitoboides 

 Fletch. is smaller than manitoha, of a bright tan-colour, with a very broad dark brown margin. Ontario. 



E. sassacus Harr. (180 h) is hardly discernible above from the forms of manitoha; the $ is larger, the 

 marginal shading darker and more extensive. Beneath the wings are light yellowish-red, the spots above scarcely 

 lighter, the basal area of the forewing spotted black. From Ne\^- England to Georgia, to the west as far as 

 Colorado. — The remarkably stout, green larva lives on herbs. — f . dacotae Skiim. has the dark markings almost 

 extinct, the ground-colour is paler. The $ on the contrary is quite dark with small light spots. South Dakota, 

 Iowa. 



E, harpalus JSdw. is very closelj^ allied to sassacus. Forewing in the disc and at the costal margin 

 reddish-yellow, light brown at the base and distal margin, hindwing the same. Beneath pale reddish-yellow, 

 forewing at the proximal margin yellowish, at the apex ochreous, at the base black. Hindwing ochreous-yellow, 

 in the disc an indistinct, lighter, narrow, bent band and a cellular spot. The $ is lighter, the brown coloru' con- 

 fined, with a light submarginal band. Beneath the light band of the hindwing is more distinct. From Nevada. 



E. pawnee Dodge (ISOh, i). Large, yellowish-red with a moderately broad smoky margin and white 

 fringes. The 2 is darker, only basally and at the costal margin ferruginous-yellow with whitish spots. Beneath 

 very dvdl reddish-yellow, in the $ more olive on the hindwings with a little lighter spots. Montana. — f. mon- 

 tana Skinner is above and beneath darker, broadly bordered with blackish brown, hindwing beneath with a 

 postdiscal row of yellow spots. Colorado. 



E. ottoe Edw. (180 i) is a very large, very light reddish-yellow species with very narrowly smoked 

 margins and also in the female scarcely darkened wings. The under surface is quite monotonously light reddish- 

 yelloAv or Isabel-coloiu-ed without any marking, only with a black-marked basal area of the forewing. From 

 Kansas and Nebraska. — f. amanda Plotz (180 i) is a form with a broad black distal mai'gin from an unknown 

 habitat . 



E. lasus Edw. above entirely resembles ottoe. Beneath the apex and costal margin of the forewing, 

 and the hindwings are light yellow with a green tint, the base of the cell and the proximal margin are black, 

 the cell otherwise reddish-yellow, an oblique discal row and 3 subapical spots are white. Costal margin of 

 hindwing speckled with brown, subcostal and median veins of a clear white ; a postdiscal, rectangularly flawed 

 band of white spots is distally partly bordered with black. From South Arizona. 



E. cabelus Edw. is likewise verj^ similar; the forewings are somewhat more broadlj^ bordered with 

 brown, with 2 or 3 very small subapical dots. Tlae hindwing is beneath reddish golden yellow with some minute 

 lighter spots, one in the lower cell-end, 2 or 3 postdiscally ; a small one may also be yet near the distal margin, 

 Nevada . 



E. napa Edw. (= dacotah Edic). We unfortunate!}' had no access to the description of this species. 



E. metea Scddr. {= riddingsii Reak.) (180 i). Here also the (J is similarly marked as the $-forms, 

 of a dull greyish-brown wdth a reddish-yellow postdiscal band, subapical dots on the forewing and small diffuse 

 spots on the hindwings. The under surface is darker brown than above, the light macular markings ivorj'- 

 coloured; the hindwing exhibits near the base another bent band of white spots. From the Atlantic States. 



E. uncas Ediv. (180 k) is a larger species with long wings, the o reddish-yellow with a long black 

 stigma, smoky margins and an especially broad dark apex of the forewing with 4 whitish spots therein. The 

 $ is particularly large, dark brown with whitish spots being more reddish-yellow towards the proximal margin 

 and on the hindwing. Beneath the hindwing is greenish-grey with bright pearl-coloured spots which are proxi- 

 mally and distally bordered by a darker olive and spotted so. Pennsylvania to Montana and Colorado. 



E. attalus Edw. (= seminole Scddr., slossonae Skinner) (180 k). Similar as metea, but larger, darker, 

 the macular markings more distinct with a long, wedge-shaped, reddish-yellow cellular spot; the 5 is larger 

 and darker. Beneath the hindwing is dull brownish-grey, the light spots are lighter grey. From the southern 

 Atlantic States to Florida and Texas. 



E. yuma Edw. Above uni-coloiu'ed ochreous-yellow. without spots, with a long, narrow, almost 

 straight stigma ; only the costal margin of the hindwing is darkened. Beneath still lighter yellow, base of fore- 

 wing blackish. Described according to 1 (J from Arizona, Expanse of wings: 1,3 inch, 



E. earns Edw. very much resembles Chaereph. rhesus (180 e) above, but it is easily discernible by the 

 (J stigma, less purely white fringes and a different under surface which is bro-n'n with the costal margin of the 

 forewing and the proximal margin of both wings being dusted yellowish-white, as well as a narro\^', similar 

 distal margin; of the same colour are the veins; all the .spots above are more distinct and larger. From West 

 Texas. 



E. licinus Edw. Above blackish-brown with a large, reddish-yellow discal spot, some postdiscal and 

 3 subapical small spots, hindwing with a large, reddish-yello\\', triangular discal spot. Beneath brown, at the 

 costal margin of the forewing and disc of hindwing tinted reddish-yellow, the spots of above being Aihitish 

 here, Hindwing with a rectangularly bent line of white spots behind the cell, and 2 cellular dots. From Texas, 



