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1969 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 115
American populations. Nevertheless, the present author believes that B. poluris from northern British Columbia deserves careful consideration for subspecific status.
Acknowledgment I wish to thank Mr. Cyril F. dos Passos, who confirmed my identification of this insect and kindly provided me with the Atlin record.
Literature Cited Blackmore, E. H., 1927. Check-list of the Macrolepidoptera of British Columbia
(Butterflies and Moths), Provincial Museum of Natural History, Victoria,
British Columbia, 48 pp. Klots, A. B., 1951. A Field Guide to the Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston,
Mass., 349 pp. Llewellyn-Jones, J. R. J., 1951. An Annotated Check List of the Macrolepidoptera
of British Columbia, Ent. Soc. British Columbia, Occasional Paper No. 1, 148 pp.
A NOTABLE INTERGENERIC MATING (LYCAENIDAE)
The following intergeneric mating was observed by the author at Bear Creek Canyon, Yakima County, Washington, on June 9, 1968, at 1:30 P.M., P.D.T. A pair of copulating lycaenids was flushed from the road and soon resettled a few paces away. To my surprise the male participant was Plebejus icariodes montis Blackmore, and the female, Everes amyntula (Boisduval). The specimens were again flushed and netted airborne. The amyntula was the flying partner, in this instance.
Plebejus icariodes was quite common in the area, but the female amyntula was the only example of the species noted.
Don Frechin, 1745 N.E. 102nd, Seattle, Washington
A REVISED SYNONYMIC LIST OF THE NEARCTIC
MELITAEINAE WITH TAXONOMIC NOTES
(NYMPHALIDAE)
Cyril F. dos Passos
Washington Corners, Mendham, New Jersey
Introduction Within about one year two authors working independently revised a substantial number of Nearctic Melitaeinae genera. The first, H. L. Hig-gins (1960), published a revision of Chlosyne and allied species [genera], and the second, D. L. Bauer (1961), published on the Tribe Melitaeini. These two works, while not covering exactly the same ground, between them rendered the arrangement of the Melitaeinae genera and species in the Synonymic List (dos Passos, 1964) somewhat obsolete. That list had