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Lemonias helcita, Boisd., is apparently distinct ivom palla, Boisd., and 
the differences are pointed out ; S. H. Scudder, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 
iv. p. 255. 
Melitcea nuhigena, Behr. Supposed larva described ; T. L. Mead, 
Wheeler’s tleport, v. p. 768. M. minuta, Edw., and leanira, Feld., figured ; 
id. 1. c. V. pi. xxxvi. figs. 1 & 2, & pi. xxxvii. figs. 5-8. M. leanira, Boisd., 
var. ohsoleta, from California, described ; H. Edwards, P. Cal. Ac. vii. 
p. 171. M. phaeton, Drury, H. Strecker describes var. superha from 
Long Island and New York, Butt. & Moths, p. 125. M. trivia and 
didyma are distinct, but the varieties run so close that it is difficult to 
find satisfactory characters to separate them ; the broods of the latter 
are parallel with those of Argynnis hellona and myrina, noticed by 
Scudder ; 0. Staudinger, HorJ Ent. Ross. xiv. pp. 266-269. 
Phyciodes tharos, Drury. W. H. Edwards figures and redescribes this 
species, with its transformations, and a long series of varieties, including 
morpheus, Fabr., marcia, phaon, and vesta, Edw., and pachardi, Saund., 
Butt. N. Amer. ii. Phyc. pis. ii. & iii. 
Anartia silvce, H. Burmeister (Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, ii. 
p. 168, Tucuman) = A. amalthea, Desc. Rep. Arg. v. p. 156. 
Grapta comma and interrogationis. Notes on breeding the various 
forms of these species ; W. H. Edwards, Canad. Ent. x. pp. 69-74. 
Vanessa antiopa. Hybernation in captivity; C. G. Siewers, Canad. 
Ent. X. pp. 115 & 116. V. c-alhum, Linn. : H. Strecker places faunus, 
Harr., and hylas and rusticus, Edw., as varieties of this species ; Butt. & 
Moths, pp. 129 & 130. V. calif ornica : habits and transformations 
described ; H. Edwards, P. Cal. Ac. vi. pp. 146-149. F. c-aureuni, Linn. ; 
on the identification of this species, cf. Janson & Kirby, Cist. Ent. ii. 
pp. 269-271, 385 & 386, and H. Strecker, Butt. & Moths, p. 128. V. ioy 
variety, H. Marsh, Ent. xi. p. 251 ; slight var. from Japan, H. Lucas, 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) viii. p. lx. ; var. exoculata noticed, G. Weymer, 
JB. Ver. Elberf. v. p. 58. F. levana : P. Kramer discusses Weismann’s 
observations on the seasonal dimorphism of this species, pointing out 
various points respecting which he considers the conclusions uncertain, or 
further observations necessary; Arch. f. Nat. xliv. 1, pp. 411-419. V.poly- 
chloros and xanthomelas : specimens from Asia Minor and Algeria throw 
doubt on the distinctness of these two supposed species ; O. Staudinger, 
Hor. Ent. Ross. xiv. pp. 263 & 264. F. urticcc : the pupa is attached to 
the old skin of the larva by a membrane sufficiently strong to support it 
during the last moments of pupation; J. A. Osborne, Ent. M. M. xv. 
pp. 59-61. Var. ichneusoides, De Selys, redescribed and figured by E. 
Lambrichs, Ann. Ent. Belg. xxi. pp. 9 & 10, pi. i. figs. 4 & 5. F. cardni : 
aberrations described and figured by H. Donckier de Donceel, Ann. Ent. 
Belg. xxi. pp. 10 & 11, pi. i. figs. 1-3 ; H. Strecker describes var.' ate, 
Butt. & Moths, p. 137 ; abundance in Belgium in 1878, Lallemand, Bull. 
E. Belg. xxi. pp. cci. & ccii ; great flight observed at Palermo, July, 
1878, M. Palembo, Zool. Gart. xix. p. 383. 
Pyrameis caryce and atalanta : Hybrid described, H. Edwards, P. Cal. 
Ac. vii. pp. 171 & 172. P. huntera : larva described from the island of 
Maui ; T. Blackburn & N. C. Tuely, Ent. M. M. xv. pp. 16 & 17 ; Bra- 
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