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Show NOTICE OF A SMALL COLLECTION OF BUTTERFLIES, MADE BY DR. A. S. PACKARD, IN COLORADO AND UTAH, IN 1875. BY SAMUEL H. SCUDDER. Tbe collection bas some interest, as it contains several rare forms, and extends our knowledge of tbe geographical distribution of many of the species. Thirty- three species in all were obtained, and of these eight have not been previously known in tbe Territory in which they were taken. 1. ( Eneis Semidea ( Say). A single specimen was taken, July 14, on Pike's Peak, at an elevation of 13,000 feet. Although this has previously been reported from tbe Eocky Mountains of Colorado, it bas always seemed questionable to me whether the allied form ( E. ( Eno was not meant. A careful study of a number of specimens, and a comparison of the abdominal appendages, leave no reasonable doubt that Semidea is an inhabitant of the Eocky Mountain summits, as well as of those of the White Mountains, New Hampshire. 2. Erebia Epipsodm Butl. Pike's Peak, just above timber- line, July 14. 3. Ccenonympha ochracea Edw. Pike's Peak, 8,000 feet, July 14. 4. Danaida Plexippus ( Linn.). Pike's Peak, 8,000 feet, July 14. 5. Chlorippe Lyeaon ( Fabr.). Golden, Colo., July 3. I am not aware that this has ever before been found west of the great plains. 6. Polygonia Satyrus ( Edw.). Salt Lake City, July 21. 7. Polygonia Zephyrus ( Edw.). Georgetown, Colo., July 8. 8. Papilio Antiopa Linn. Salt Lake City, July 21. 9. Vanessa cardui ( Linn.). Boulder City, June 29; Denver, July 10; Pike's Peak, from 8,000 feet to summit, July 14; Arapahoe Peak, 11,000 to 12,000 feet 10. Euptoieta Claudia ( Cram.). Manitouand Garden of the Gods, Colo., July 13; Pike's Peak, 8,000 to 9,000 feet, July 14. 11. Argynnis Meadii Edw. American Fork Cailon, Utah, July 22. I formerly questioned whether this were distinct from A. Edwardsiiy but it now seems to me to be so. It bas not been hitherto reported out of Colorado. 12. Argynnis Hesperis Edw. American Fork Canon, Utah, July 22 ; also known hitherto only from Colorado. A single specimen was taken with the colors as in Edwards's figures, but with the marking of both the upper and under surfaces heavier, almost exactly as in A. monticola. 13. Brenthis Helena ( Edw.). Pike's Peak, from timber- line upward, July 14. 14. Lemonias Anieia ( Doubl.- Hewits.). The alpine form nubigena was taken at Pike's Peak, from the timber- line upward, July 14. 15. Phyciodes pratensis ( Behr.). The form campestris was taken at Denver, June 27, Georgetown, July 8, and Manitou, July 16. 16. Thecla Edwardsii Saund. • A very worn specimen, but unquestionably of this species, was taken at Manitou, Colo., July 16. It has never before been reported west of Iowa. 269 |