153 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST 



that it is half red. On underside, both wings are evenly covered 

 with same tint of pale red, and all buffy spots faintly outlined with 

 black. 



This charming red beauty I found on the slope of the moun- 

 tains, at an altitude of about S,ooo or 6,000 feet. It is apparently 

 a member of the Editha group, with the same plan of markings, 

 but two or three steps redder, being, in fact, the reddest large 

 Melitaea that is known to me. It is rather active in flight for a 

 Melit^ea, and led the hunter a lively race. I have much pleasure 

 in presenting these illustrations of this exquisite new species, and 

 in introducing to the public this new and hitherto unknown mem- 

 ber of the butterfly family. 



164. Melitsea Taylori. 



Plate XVIII ; Figures 164, b, Male and Female ; Vane. 

 Island, July, 1890; Author. 

 This is a northern species, belonging to the Rubicunda group, 

 but much smaller in size, and the red and buffy spots are much 

 more sharply cut and distinct than Rubicunda, so that the colors 

 look bright and contrasty. It is abundant in the Puget Sound 

 country, on Vancouver Island, and on the mainland adjoining. 



165. Melitaea Anicia. Not elsewhere illustrated in America. 



Plate XIX; Figure 165, Male; no data, from Colorado; 

 T. L. Mead. 



Anicia inhabits the Great Basin between the Rocky Mountains 

 and the Sierra Nevadas, and in the more northern countries along 

 the Canadian border it is said to come west into Washington and 

 British Columbia, but I have never taken it myself in any part of 

 the West Coast territory. 



This species has several different forms, and to illustrate them 

 I will figure four of the different varieties, those which are most 

 likely to be met with in our West Coast mountains, namely, Anicia, 

 Wheeleri, Brucei, and Beani. All of these forms are strictly 

 mountain butterflies, with a high altitude habitat. 



This figure of Anicia is a good illustration of the male ; the 

 female is larger and paler, as in all Melitseas. Although this is one 

 of the very oldest species to become known, singular to say, it has 

 not before this been illustrated in America. 



