1942] 
Nearctic N eonympha 
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F. H. Snow” ex Edwards’ Coll., Carn. Mus.; 1 male “Fort 
Wingate (N. Mex.), June ’23, Marloff Coll.”, Carn. Mus.; 
2 males “Colorado” (one “Coll. Hy Edw.”), 1 female “Colo- 
rado, Coll. Hy Edw.”, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 
(I should have preferred taking as holotype the male from 
Edwards’ collection were it not for the awkwardness of having 
such a vague locality as “Ariz a ” for the type of a race.) 
Neonympha dorothea avicula n. subsp. 
Male. Exp. 17.6. Upperside: primaries, fuscous, less brown 
than dorothea dorothea , with the dark fuscous androconial shad- 
ing standing out very clearly; two large bright fulvous red 
patches in Cu x and M 3 and a similar bright tint along the veins 
involved in this area. The fulvous is so conspicuous and the 
fuscous so vague (and so much lighter than the sexmark), that 
the eye is inclined to accept the former as ground color. Sec- 
ondaries: somewhat darker than primaries with only a slight 
suggestion of fulvous red in disc and two indistinct praetermi- 
nal spots in M 3 and M 2 . Underside: ground color of both 
wings a dull dunnish brown, very different from the rich and 
contrasting shades in dorothea dorothea , and of a remarkably 
even appearance owing to the almost total lack of (brown) 
striae, which are only faintly discernible about the costa and 
base of both wings. Primaries: lines very faint, with the first 
discal hardly differentiated from the striae; but the discernible 
directions of the lines are naturally those of the species. Sec- 
ondaries: first discal indistinct; second discal thickening and 
arching strongly, of a duller brown than in dorothea dorothea 
or edwardsi. Cinereous border as dark and rich as in typical 
race, but pressing against second discal in M 3 -M 2 completely, 
without even the presence of a few dusky scales in between. 
Ocelli a trifle smaller than the smaller size of the insect might 
justify; silver serration and brown bar well developed; termi- 
nal fulvous line broader anally than in dorothea dorothea. 
Female. Exp. 18.5. Upperside of a very CoenonymphaAike 
appearance stressed by small size and fulvous tone which 
slightly deepens in primaries in area corresponding to that 
limited by the discal lines beneath, but not showing any defi- 
nite bands or lines, only a pale fuscous border merging with a 
similar shading along the costa. Secondaries: with a slight 
sinuation in termen unimpairing their “dorothean” roundness 
