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breeds on salt-grass, although I have never seen it ovipositing on 

 such grass, but on the contrary have seen it ovipositing on Ber- 

 muda grass ; yet I believe it uses salt-grass when the better grass 

 is not at hand. 



441. Pamphila Chispa, n. s. Not elsewhere illustrated. 

 Plate XXXI; Figures 441, b, c. 



Fig. 441, Male, Sierra Nevadas of Central California, 

 June, 1892; Author. 



b. Female, Sierra Nevadas of Central California, 



June, 1892; Author. 



c. Female, underside. Sierra Nevadas of Central 



California, July 3, 1892 ; Author. 



Expanse, .8 to i inch ; smallest Pamphila of the West Coast ; 

 short and broad stigma; wide dusky margins; the markings of 

 the female patterned after Brettoides; on under side both wings 

 are dusky, with white markings, those of hind wing connected in 

 an angular band. 



This new species is a mountain flyer, living at elevation of 

 6,000 to 8,000 feet, on scantily forested heights and in little moun- 

 tain valleys. It is a charming little thing, and I have named it 

 Chispa, "a precious little nugget." 



442. Pamphila Vestris. Not elsewhere illustrated. 



Plate XXXI ; Figure 442, Male ; from W. H. Edwards, 

 1885. 

 This species is set down for the Pacific Coast, in California. 

 I have not seen it during the twenty-five years that I have hunted 

 butterflies, and I very much doubt that it comes here; but it is 

 possible that it does, and so I figure it, for the benefit of some 

 lucky man who may perhaps come upon it unexpectedly. It 

 comes from Florida and Colorado. 



443. Pamphila Bellus. Not elsewhere illustrated. 



Plate XXXI; Figure 443, Male, Huachuca Mts., Ariz., 

 1895 ; E. R. Kunze. 

 This black fellow needs but little description in words ; black 

 wing, spotless above and beneath, with bronzy gloss on upperside, 

 and with orange fringe. 



