1942] 
Nearctic N eonympha 
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specimens before him. Only the Arizona ones, and not all of 
them, were henshawi. The “patch of russet” coming directly 
after the “russet” of the first line is not mere repetition, but 
seems to imply the difference that Edwards might have noticed 
between Henshaw’s specimens with diffuse fulvous and a ful- 
vous patched New Mexican race of dorothea. The “not always 
present” is less an excuse for the “immaculate” of the original 
description than an impression produced by the contrast be- 
tween the distinct spots of henshawi and the rather dim blotches 
of dorothea . The abundantly streaked yellow underside is 
henshawi all over; so is the continuation of the lines from 
primaries across secondaries. The “often roundly projecting” 
refers to specimens of dorothea. The “suboval patch” is again 
henshawi. The original description of the female has been 
slightly revised as Edwards was evidently puzzled at having 
such different specimens of females. But taken all in all, I think 
we can distinguish here, through the fade-out of dorothea, an 
elegant and correct delineation of both sexes of the species 
which in 1887 corresponded to Edwards’ final concept of his 
henshawi, the butterfly figured. 
An examination of the eight specimens which are labelled, I 
understand, by Edwards himself, and come from his collection 
(now in the Carnegie Museum) reveals that five of these are 
dorothea edwardsi while the other three (two males and one 
female) represent the insect which I here definitely fix as 
N eonympha henshawi. There is no doubt in my mind that the 
female belongs to the same colony as the two males, and there 
is a reasonable amount of probability that it is the exact speci- 
men of the original description which in the corresponding 
passage conveys rather neatly the general impression produced 
by this remarkably well conserved female. This noted, the 
following summary of distinctive characters will settle the 
identity of N . henshawi. 
Neonympha henshawi Edw. 
Typical race: primaries: roughly elongated apically, with 
slightly concave (fuller in female) slanting termen; second- 
aries: terminally sinuate, more so in female where they are 
very developed, with a projection (in some almost caudal) in 
termen on Cu x ; tornus angulate in both sexes. Upperside: cilia 
dull cinereous as in pyracmon. Male: of a smooth brown tint 
