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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

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been completed as of December 31, 1958 but was long in course of publication. During that period it proved impossible to incorporate therein results of the foregoing publications.

The Nearctic Melitaeine genera dealt with by Higgins are Melitaea, Chlosyne, Thessalia, Texola, Dymasia, and Microtia. Those of the Tribe Melitaeini treated by Bauer are Chlosyne, Microtia, Melitaea, Poladryas, Phyciodes with three subgenera (Phyciodes, Eresia, and Tritanassa), and Euphydryas. Thus it will be seen that both authors dealt with Melitaea, Chlosyne, and Microtia. This paper will attempt to reconcile their respective views concerning those three genera, and where that is impossible, allocate the genera and species as thought best. A few changes will be suggested in genera covered by one author only.

Higgins' paper is long and detailed. It purports to give full synonymies and figures of the genitalia of the species. On the other hand, Bauer's paper is short but contains keys and figures of the adult insects. However, it includes no synonymies and does not treat subspecies or other infra-subspecific forms. For these reasons it has been necessary to rely more heavily on Higgins than Bauer, although the latter's revision is the later. Both papers are great improvements on the arrangement of the Synonymic List which was not a revision of the Melitaeinae.

Higgins often uses "form" to denote a subspecies. This is of course not in conformity with the Rules of Zoological Nomenclature. Also and more important, Higgins has misdetermined the type of one genus proposed by him (Dymasia) and unfortunately does not give the dates of capture or the localities for source material of his figures. Bauer likewise has mis-determined the type species of Poladryas.

In preparing the following synonymic list, an effort has been made to solve all current problems because students are entitled to have this portion of the list brought up to date.

Fortunately, while this paper was in preparation, my colleague Mr. F. Martin Brown worked together with me on many of the problems involved in this subfamily. It is a pleasure to express my thanks to Mr. Brown for many valuable suggestions that he made. He has also had the kindness to read a draft of this manuscript. While we do not agree on all questions, especially the status of Melitaea ismeria Boisduval and LeConte, 1833, and the type and type locality of Melitaea callina Boisduval, 1869, our understanding of these problems has been clarified by frank discussions.

An effort has been made to fit the following names into the Synonymic List, hence the numbers start with 548 where the Melitaeinae commence on that list. A similar arrangement of the genera has been followed insofar as possible.

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Subfamily MELIT^INAE CHLOSYNE Butler, 1870

Type: Papilio janais Drury, 1782 Melitaea Auctorum tSynchloe Doubleday (nee Hiibner, 1818), 1844 Coatlantona Kirby, 1871 Charidryas Scudder, 1872

548     nycteis (Doubleday), "1846-52" [ 1847]

nyctis (Boisduval), 1869 (lapsus calami) a n. nycteis (Doubleday), "1846-52" [ 1847]

oenone (Scudder), 1863 ^harrisii (Edwards nee Scudder, 1862), 1870

ab. millburni (Rummel), 1926

ab. lacteus (Gunder), 1928

ab. greyi (Field), 1934 b n. drusius (Edwards), 1884

ab. hewitsoni (Field), 1936 c n. reversa (Chermock & Chermock), 1940

549     gorgone (Hiibner), "1806" [1810] (partim, $ )

ismeria (Boisduval & Le Conte), [1833] a g. gorgone (Hiibner), "1806" [1810] (partim, $ ) b g. carlota (Reakirt), "1866-7" (1866)

nycteis Edwards (nee Doubleday), 1861

ab. nigra (Cary), 1901

ab. nox (Gunder), 1928

550    harrisii (Scudder), "1862" [1863]

a h. harrisii (Scudder), "1862" [ 1863] b h. hanhami (Fletcher), "1903" [ 1904] c h. albimontana (Avinoff), 1930 d h. liggetti (Avinof £), 1930

551     gabbii(Behr),1863

pola (Boisduval), 1869

a g. gabbii (Behr),1863

sonorae (Boisduval), 1869

ab. pasadenae (Gunder), 1924

ab. newcombi (J. A. Comstock), 1926

ab. gunderi (J. A. Comstock), 1926

b g. sabina (Wright), 1905

552     acastus (Edwards), "1874-6" (1874)

ab. pearlae (Gunder), 1926 form flavula (Barnes & McDunnough), 1918

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553    neumoegeni (Skinner), 1895

ab. fridayi (Gunder), 1932 ab. boharti (Gunder), 1933

554    damoetas (Skinner), 1902

ab. damoetella (McDunnough), 1927

555    malcolmi (J. A. Comstock), 1926

556    palla (Boisduval), 1852

a p. palla (Boisduval), 1852

form $ eremita (Wright), 1905 form sterope (Edwards), "1870-1" (1870) hewesi (Leussler), 1931 ab. wardi (Oberthiir), 1914 ab. blackmorei (Gunder), 1926 ab. stygiana (J. A. Comstock), 1926 ab. hemifusa (Gunder), 1930 ab. hopfingeri (Gunder), 1934 b p. whitneyi (Behr), 1863

whitnegi (Behr), 1868 (lapsus calami) ab. vanduzeei (Gunder), 1928 c p. vallismortis (Johnson), 1938 (emendatio) d p. calydon (Holland), 1931

557    hoffmanni (Behr), 1863

a h. hoff manni (Behr), 1863

helcita (Boisduval), 1869

ab. abnorma (Wright), 1905

ab. hollandae (Gunder), 1928 b h. segregata (Barnes & McDunnough), 1918

bridgei (J. A. Comstock), 1924 c h. manchada Bauer, "1959" [1960]

558    definita (Aaron), "1884" [ 1885]

schausi (Godman), (1901)

ab. albipUga (Aaron), "1884" [1885]

559    endeis (Godman & Salvin), 1894

560    janais (Drury),1782 "561 lacinia(Geyer),1837

a 1. adjutrix Scudder, 1875

nigra (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) bicolor (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) rufa (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) ab. inghami Gunder, 1928

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b 1. crocale (Edwards), "1874-6" (1874)

nigra (Cockerell), 1893 (partim)

bicolor (Cockerell), 1893 (partim)

rufa (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) form nigrescens (Cockerell), 1893 form rufescens (Cockerell), 1894 form flavida Higgins, 1960

562    californica (Wright), 1905

ab. chinoi Gunder, 1924

PHYCIODES (ANTHANASSA) Scudder, 1875 Type: Eresia cincta Scudder (nee Edwards, 1864) 1875 (= Melitaea texana Edwards, 1863)

Tritanassa Forbes, "1944" [ 1945] (partim)

563    texana (Edwards), 1863

a t. texana (Edwards), 1863

smerdis (Hewitson), 1864 b t. seminole (Skinner), 1911

564    ptolyca (Bates), 1864

PHYCIODES (ERESIA) Boisduval, [1836]

Type: Nereis eunice Hiibner, "1806" [1807] (= Eresia eunice Boisduval, [ 1836]) (lapsus calami)

565    frisia(Poey),1832

a f.frisia(Poey),1832

gyges Hewitson, 1864 b f.tulcis (Bates), 1864

genigueh Reakirt, "1865" [1866]

archesilea R. Felder, 1869

punctata Edwards, "1870-1" (1870)

PHYCIODES (PHYCIODES) Hiibner, "1816" [1819]

Type: Papilio cocyta Cramer, "1779" [1777] (= Papilio thaws Drury

"1770" [1773])

Tritanassa Forbes, "1944" [1945] (partim)

566    tharos (Drury), "1770" [ 1773]

a t. tharos (Drury), "1770" [ 1773] (gen. aest.) \morpheus (Fabricius, 1775 nee Pallas, 1771)

morphius (Fabricius), 1781 (lapsus calami) cocyta (Cramer), "1779" [1777] euclea (Bergstrasser), 1780 morphea (Godart), 1819 tharossa (Godart), 1819

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selenis (Kirby),1837

ab. packardii (Saunders), 1869

ab. reaghi Reiff, 1913

ab. dyari Gunder, 1928 gen. vern. marcia (Edwards), "1868-9" (1868) b t. artica dos Passos, 1935 c t. pulchella (Boisduval), 1852

pascoensis Wright, 1905 form $ herse Hall, 1924

ab. nigrescens Hall, 1924

567     batesii (Reakirt), 1865

ab. harperi Gunder, 1932

568     phaon (Edwards), 1864

gorgone (Hiibner), "1806" [1810] (partim, 9 ) gorgonia (Clark & Clark), 1941 (lapsus calami) gen. aest. aestiva Edwards, 1878 form hiemalis Edwards, 1878

ab. thornei Gunder, 1934

569     campestris (Behr), 1863

a c. campestris (Behr), 1863 $ pratensis (Behr), 1863

ab. macdunnoughi Gunder, 1928 (emendatio) b c. camillus Edwards, "1870-1" (1871)

ab. mata (Reakirt) "1866-7" (1866)

ab. emissa Edwards, "1870-1" (1871)

ab. rohweri Cockerell, 1913

ab. tristis Cockerell, 1913 c c. montana (Behr), 1863

orsa (Boisduval), 1869

570     picta Edwards, 1865

a p. picta Edwards, 1865 b p. canace Edwards, "1870-1" (1871) ab. jemezensis Brehme, 1913

571     vesta (Edwards), "1868-9" (1869) (gen. hiem.)

hiemalis Edwards, 1878 gen. aest. aestiva Edwards, 1878 boucardi Godman & Salvin, 1878

572     mylitta (Edwards), "1861-3" (1861)

a m. mylitta (Edwards), "1861-3" (1861) collina (Behr nee Lederer, 1861) 1863 collinsia Edwards, 1872 (lapsus calami)

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mylittae Wright, 1883 (lapsus calami)

epula (Boisduval), 1869 b m. barnesi Skinner, 1897

ab. collinsi Gunder, 1930

ab. macyi Fender, 1930 c m. pallida (Edwards), 1864 d m. thebais Godman & Salvin, 1878

arida (Skinner), 1917

573     orseis Edwards, "1870-1" (1871)

ab. edwardsi Gunder, 1927

THESSALIA Scudder, 1875

Type: Melitaea leanira Felder & Felder, 1860

574     leanira (Felder & Felder), 1860

a 1. leanira (Felder & Felder) 1860 form obsoleta (H. Edwards), 1877

obliterata (Strecker), 1878 (lapsus calami) form wrightii (Edwards), 1886 form leona (Wright), 1905 ab. carolynae (Gunder), 1926 form pelona (Gunder), 1930 b 1. cerrita (Wright), 1905 c 1. daviesi (Wind), 1947

575     cyneas (Godman & Salvin), (1878)

ab. infrequens (Gunder), 1928

576     alma (Strecker), "1877" [ 1878]

fulvia (Edwards), 1879 ab. sinefascia (Williams), 1914 ab. koebelei (Gunder), 1927 *577 theona (Menetries), 1855

a t. thekla (Edwards), "1870-1" (1870)

ab. benjamini (Gunder), 1928 b t. bollii (Edwards), "1877" [ 1878] 577^2 chinatiensis (Tinkham), 1944

DYMASIA Higgins, 1960

Type: Melitaea dymas Higgins (nee Edwards, 1864) (= Melitaea chara Edwards, "1883" [1884])

578     dymas (Edwards), 1864

larunda (Strecker), "1877" [1878] $ senrabii (Barnes), 1900

579     chara (Edwards), "1883" [ 1884]

dymas Higgins (nee Edwards, 1864), 1960

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a c. chara (Edwards), "1883" [1884] b c. imperialis (Bauer) "1958" [ 1959]

ab. jacintoi (Gunder), 1924

ab. nitela (J. A. Comstock), 1926

TEXOLA Higgins, "1958" [1959] Type: Eresia elada Hewitson, 1868

580     elada (Hewitson), 1868

a e. elada (Hewitson), 1868 b e. callina (Boisduval), 1869 c e. ulrica (Edwards), 1877

ubrica (Skinner), 1898 (lapsus calami) imitata (Strecker), "1877" [1878] d e. perse (Edwards), 1882

POLADRYAS Bauer, [1961]

Type: Melitaea pola Oberthiir, 1911, nee Boisduval, 1869 (= Melitaea arachne Edwards, "1868-9" [1869])

581     minuta (Edwards), 1861

a m. minuta (Edwards), 1861

approximata (Strecker), 1900 b m. nympha (Edwards), 1884

582     arachne (Edwards), "1868-9" (1869)

pola Oberthiir (nee Boisduval, 1869), 1911

ab. polingi (Gunder), 1926

ab. gunderiae (Holland), 1931 a a. monache (J. A. Comstock), 1918 b a. gilensis (Holland), 1931

MICROTIA Bates, 1864

Type: Microtia elva Bates, 1864

583     elva Bates, 1864

EUPHYDRYAS Scudder, 1872

Type: Papilio phaeton Drury, "1770" [1773]

\Lemonias Hubner, [1806] (Opinion 278, name 79) Melitaea Auctorum (nee Fabricius, 1807)

592     phaeton (Drury) "1770" [ 1773]

ab. streckeri (Ellsworth), 1902

593     chalcedona (Doubleday), "1846-52" [ 1847]

ab. lorquini (Oberthiir), 1914 b c. dwinellei (H. Edwards), 1881 f c. perdiccas (Edwards), "1880-1" [ 1880] (emendatio)

perdieeas (Edwards), "1880-1" [1880] (lapsus calami)

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5933* colon (Edwards), "1880-1" [1881]

594     anicia (Doubleday), "1846-52" [ 1847]

k ab. melanodisca (J. A. Comstock), 1918 1         ab. rubrolimbata (J. A. Comstock), 1918

595     editha (Boisduval), 1852

g e. nubigena (Behr), 1863

nubigea (Carpenter), 1877 (lapsus calami) 1 e. edithana (Strand), 1915

The following explanations will help answer questions concerning placement of names, especially where the above list deviates from the treatment of either Higgins or Bauer, or both, or where more recent information has been incorporated. The present arrangement includes eight fewer species level taxa, owing primarily to the relegation to subspecies of entities formerly considered to be species.

Chlosyne

For reasons that will be explained in a subsequent paper, Chlosyne ismeria (Boisduval and LeConte) has been placed in the synonymy of C. gorgone (Hiibner) $ and C. gorgone (Hiibner) 9 in the synonymy of Phyciodes (Phyciodes) phaon.

There is no definite record of the occurrence of Chlosyne erodyle (Bates), 1864, in the Nearctic region. Consequently, it has been omitted from the list.

Also three heretofore considered subspecies of Chlosyne lacinia (Geyer), 1837, have been omitted because they are not believed to occur in the Nearctic region. These are Synchloe quehtala Reakirt, 1866, described from Vera Cruz, Mexico; S. ardema Reakirt, 1866, described from Mexico, and S. pretona Boisduval, 1870, described from Guatemala.

Anthanassa

Brown (1965: 192) has applied to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to designate a type-species under the plenary powers for Anthanassa Scudder. If that application is granted, Melitaea texana Edwards, 1863, will become the type-species of Anthanassa (Z.N. (S.) 1697).

Eresia

Eresia leucodesma (Felder & Felder), 1861, has been omitted on the advice of Brown (1966: 424).

The author is advised by Bauer (in litt.) that three specimens of Phyciodes ptolyca (Bates) have been taken in Texas and that he has one of the three in his collection, hence that name has been added to the list as no. 564.

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Thessalia Bauer ([1961]: 139) places leanira in Chlosyne. Higgins (1960: 442) places leanira in Thessalia. Higgins is followed.

Dymasia

Higgins (1960: 455) proposed the name Dymasia with Melitaea dymas Edwards as the type species. Unfortunately, as Brown (1966: 381) has pointed out, Higgins misdetermined dymas. The specimen before him was Melitaea chara Edwards which Higgins (1960: 456) incorrectly placed in the synonymy of dymas. They are actually two different species although closely related, the females being quite different. Consequently, dymas Higgins equals chara Edwards, and chara is therefore the type of Dymasia. Higgins (1960: 456) claims that imperialis is the spring generation of dymas at Palm Springs, but it seems to the author to be entitled to sub-specific rank.

Texola

Brown (1967: 273) has cast doubt upon the occurrence of Texola elada callina in southern California, although one type was named from Sonora, southern California. That situation will be examined in a later paper.

POLADRYAS

Melitaea pola, Bauer's type of Poladryas, is the pola of Oberthiir and not of Boisduval and is actually M. arachne Edwards, hence the type of Poladryas is M. arachne Edwards "1868-9" (1869).

Higgins under Melitaea lists minuta, approximata, pola, arachne, monache, gilensis, nympha, polingi, and gunderiae. It is a question whether to follow Higgins and list these names as Melitaea, or Bauer and list them as Poladryas. In either event, the species will remain substantially as in the Synonymic List. Higgins places gilensis in the synonymy of Melitaea pola, but the author has given it subspecific standing.

Bauer does not mention nympha Edwards, approximata Strecker, gilensis Holland or monache apparently because he considers them to be subspecies.

Microtia

Higgins (1960: 460) states that elva is not Nearctic, but Bauer ([1961]: 132) claims that elva occurs in southern Arizona to southern Texas, hence it is listed. In substantiation of that statement, he has furnished the author with a recent record from Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Pima Co., Arizona. This specimen, collected by Lloyd Martin, is in the Los Angeles County Museum.

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Higgins places it in Dymasia as the type. That situation is explained under Dymasia.

EUPHYDRYAS

Bauer ([1961]: 127-130) lists the same five species of Euphydryas as dos Passos (1964) but in different order and adds Euphydryas colon as a sixth species. Since Bauer gives no reason for changing the order of listing the names, there is no point in following him and in repeating the listings except to include colon as a species and list those instances where an additional name or a typographical correction should be added or made in the list.

Literature Cited

Bauer, D. L., [1961]. Tribe Melitaeini. Checker spots, crescents, and patch butterflies. In: Ehrlich and Ehrlich. How to know the butterflies. Wm. C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa, [8] + 262 pp., 525 figs.

Brown, F. M., 1965. Anthanassa Scudder, 1875 (Insecta, Lepidoptera): proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1697. Bull. Zool. Nomen., 22: 192-194.

1965.     Three letters from J. B. A. D. de Boisduval to W. H. Edwards and the true identity of Melitaea pola Bdv., and Melitaea callina Bdv., J. Lep. Soc, 19: 197-211.

1966.     The types of Nymphalid butterflies described by William Henry Edwards— Part II Melitaeine. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 92: 357-368, 321 figs.

1967.     Lorquin's localities "Sonora" and "Utah." J. Lepid. Soc, 21(4): 271-274. dos Passos, C. F., 1964. A synonymic list of the Nearctic Rhopalocera. Memoir

No. 1, The Lepidopterists' Society, vi + 145 pp. Higgins, L. G., 1960. A revision of the Melitaeine genus Chlosyne and allied species [genera] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalinae). Trans. Roy. Ent. Soc. Lond., 112: 381-467, 137 figs.

INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE a.(n.s.)82

Required six-month's notice is given on the possible use of plenary powers by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature in connection with the following names listed by case number: (see, Bull. zool. Nomencl. 25, pt. 2/3, 27 September 1968):

1843. Validation of Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 (Insecta, Hemiptera)

1845. Type-species for Anoplius Dufour, 1834; Neotypes for Sphex niger Fabricius,

1775, and Spliex nigerrimus Scopoli, 1763 (Insecta, Hymenoptera) (see, Bull. zool. Nomencl. 25, pt. 4/5, 17 January 1969)

1852.     Suppression of Siphocoryne angelicae del Guercio, 1911 (Insecta, Hemiptera)

1853.     Validation of emendation to Hyposmocoma of Hyposmochoma Butler, 1881

(Insecta, Lepidoptera)