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inadequate to associate it with any biological entity. It could apply 
to any of several Quebec Satyridae, which are not exhausted by the 
other species enumerated in the text. His statement that “this is 
likewise described by the American naturalists as very rare, and is 
found only beyond the Rocky Mountains . . .” makes no sense when 
applied to any species of Lethe. We regard this as a nomen nudum 
and have omitted it from the synonymy. 
Field (1936) resurrected transmontana as the northern sub- 
species of eurydice , describing it adequately and giving as the type 
locality Gosse’s base at Compton, Quebec. This is the oldest valid 
publication of the name, which should thus be credited to Field 1936. 
This subspecific distinction was grounded in confusion over the 
entities now called eurydice and appalachia. Observing differences 
between northern eurydice and specimens from near the type locality, 
Philadelphia, which he took as typical of that taxon but which 
were really appalachia , Field felt that a subspecific name was war- 
ranted. This is clear from his article, particularly the citation of 
Clark’s (1932) figures of Beltsville, Maryland appalachia which 
Field (like Clark) calls typical eurydice. Thus transmontana be- 
comes a junior subjective synonym of eurydice. We can see no 
subspecific differences among eastern populations of eurydice as here 
restricted. Field’s female form rawsoni is based on specimens faded 
in life ; such specimens occur throughout the range of eurydice. 
The name is infrasubspecific and therefore has no formal standing. 
The name boisduvallii was attributed by dos Passos (1964) to 
Morris (1862), an error corrected later (dos Passos, 1969). Morris 
published the name in synonymy, spelled boisduvalli. The first valid 
publication was in the posthumous (1862) edition of Harris’s “In- 
sects Injurious to Vegetation,” edited by Flint. The editor’s preface 
makes clear that the name should be attributed to Harris. It was 
emended to boisduvalii by Scudder (1889) in synonymy; this spelling 
is used by Forbes (i960) and dos Passos (1964). Dos Passos 
(1969) has further emended it to boisduvali. Although not the 
preferred form, the double “i” is acceptable in taxonomy as the 
genitive of the Latinized name, i.e. “Boisduvalius.” While Boisduval 
spelled his name with only one “1” and there is no orthographic 
reason to double it in forming the Latin genitive, the fact that the 
Fig. 15. Male genitalia of Lethe eurydice fumosa (valve in slightly 
different position than valves of figs. 13 and 14). Fig. 16. Ventral view 
of Lethe appalachia valve. Fig. 17. Ventral view of Lethe eurydice eury- 
dice valve. Fig. 18. Ventral view of Lethe eurydice fumosa valve. 
