eremita. 
wrightii. 
minuta. 
arachne. 
nympha. 
brucei. 
maria. 
helvia. 
sterope. 
neumoegeni. 
beckeri. 
schausi. 
approxi- 
mata. 
albiplaga. 
434 PHYCIODES. By J. R6szr. 
M. eremita Wright is usually much larger than leanira, appearing, like that species, superficially some- 
what like Araschnia prorsa, but having the spots on the upper surface much closer and brighter. Underneath 
the forewings brick-red, especially in the median area very brillantly spotted, and on the hindwing the ivory- 
yellow median band of spots very broad. California. 
M. wrightii Hdw. (88 f) resembles exactly the preceding above, but the yellow-brown blotches, particu- 
larly at the base of the forewings, are larger. Underneath, however, the dark intermediate bands are almost 
completely wanting on the forewings, which thus represent an ivory-yellow space only interrupted by the 
black veins and a dark macular band. California; closely allied to leanira. 
M. minuta Hdw. (88 e). Dymr formed of this species, together with the two following forms, the genus 
Schoenis Hbn., i. e. he only used this little group to preserve HUBNER’s name, for its oldest representative was 
only discovered in 1861. minuta is above uniformly brillant reddish-brown, marked with rows of spots, lunules 
and striae of a darker colour. Beneath it so exactly resembles a small-sized, pale didyma, that it may be 
considered to be the American representative of that group and cannot possibly be mistaken for any other American 
butterfly. From the Rocky Mountains. — arachne Hdw. (88 e) seems to be founded upon the low-land form; 
from Texas; also Colorado. It does not differ very essentially from the main form, but both seem to gradually 
pass into one another; our figure (a 2) was taken from HoLianp, who considers arachne as only synonymous. 
—nympha Hdw. (88 e) is at once distinguished from the preceding by having on the upper surface of both wings 
a pale yellow band which gives it some similarity to certain phoebe-forms of Europe. Also the upper surface is 
more heavily marked with black. But underneath it so closely resembles certain specimens of minuta that its 
specific rights can only be established by breeding it from the larva which at present is not known. From 
Arizona. 
The following forms are in part rather scarce or represent species or subspecies founded on single speci- 
mens, not found even in the largest collections such as those of the Washington Museum. Some seem even 
difficult to connect with the above described groups, and many are only known from the original descrip- 
tions; the types being destroyed, they may not be identified with certainty; others again refer to mere aberra- 
tions, only the types of which have become known. 
M. brucei Hdw. is nothing more or less than a form of anicia Dbl. a. Hew., established by EpwarDs in 
1888, but not referred to by him later on in his “‘Butterflies of N. America”. Also maria Skinn. is closely allied 
to anicia which it seems to replace in the central and western States. From Utah. The same holds good of 
giletter Barn., described from Wyoming, but not mentioned by Honianp in his Work on butterflies of the Uni- 
ted States. — helvia Scudd. from Alaska appears closely related to taylori, the type of which was de- 
stroyed in the great Chicago fire; but HoLtanp assumes that specimens having the median band on the upper 
surface of the hindwings less distinct, and the ground-colovr paler, such as are known from White Horse and 
Eagle City in Alaska, belong here. — sterepe Edw. seems to be closely related to the lost helvia; established 
in 1870 by Epwarps, it was not mentioned in his later Work on American Diurna, no more than by HoLLanp. 
From Oregon. — neumoegeni Skinn. seems, like maria Skinn., to be a form of some other species, perhaps 
palla, changed by the peculiar geological conditions of its home, the District of Salt Lake in Utah. — beckeri 
rodm. a. Salv. (88h), from Northwestern Mexico, is possibly only a southern form of hoffmanni, which it al- 
most exactly resembles above, but with the basal half and terminal borders darker; underneath the ivory-yellow 
lunular spots are not separated from the border by a rufous terminal stripe. — schausi Godm. a. Salv. (88h), 
although allied to the preceding form, shows on both sides essential differences; especially the under surface of 
the hindwings has the ferruginous bands much larger, and the dark lines traversing the hindwings are approa- 
ching closely; from Paso de San Juan in Veracruz (Mexico). — approximata Streck. undoubtedly belongs, 
like the former, to the same group as gabbii and hoffmanni, being possibly intermediate between these and bek- 
keri. Described from Texas, but unknown to me. — albiplaga Char. is, like approximata, not represented 
in the collections of the National Museum in Washington; a dwarf species, resembling rather a Phyciodes, 
closely allied to perse and chara, but not so monotonous in colouring. Texas. Hotianp does not mention this 
form. 
4. Genus: Phyciodes don. 
This genus is distributed throughout South and Central America, with a few representatives in the 
United States. The greater number of species are found in Central America and in the northern part of South 
America. In accordance with Scuatz and Krrpy, we unite the Hresia species with Phyciodes, since no funda- 
mental difference exists either in structure or in the shape of the larva and chrysalis, not even in the most 
extreme forms. Indeed it cannot be sharply separated even from Melitaea, which it completely resembles in the 
shape of both caterpillar and chrysalis. The less well known forms may be easily recognized as Phyciodes 
by the open cell in the hindwings. 
