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American Populations. Nevertheless, the Present Author Believes That B 1969 ] oumal of the Lepidopterists' Society 115 American populations. Nevertheless, the present author believes that B. polaris from northern British Columbia deserves careful consideration for subspecific status. ACKNOWLEDGMENT I wish to thank Mr. CYlil 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 (Buttcrflies 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., PD.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 Plebeitls icariodes mantis Blackmore, and the female, Everes amyntula (Boisduval). The specimens were again flushed and netted airborne. The amyntula was the flying partner, in this instance. Plebe;us icariodes was quite common in the area, but the female amyntula was the only example of the species noted. DON FRECIHN, 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 116 DOS PASSOS: Nearctic Melitaenae Vol. 23, no. 2 been completed as of December 31, 1958 but was long in course of publi­ cation. 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, M elitaea, 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 re­ spective views concerning those three genera, and where that is impos­ sible, 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 M elitaea ismeTia 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. 1969 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 117 Subfamily MELITlEINAE CHLOSYNE Butler, 1870 Type: Papilio ianais Drury, 1782 Melitaea Auetorum tSynehloe Doubleday (nee Hiibner, 1818), 1844 Coatlantona Kirby, 1871 Charidryas Scudder, 1872 548 nycteis (Doubleday), "1846-52" [1847] nyetis (Boisdu val), 1869 (lapsus calami) a n. nycteis (Doubleday), "1846-52" [1847] oenone (Scudder), 1863 tharrisii (Edwards nee Scudder, 1862), 1870 abo millburni (Rummel), 1926 abo lacteus (Gunder), 1928 abo greyi (Field), 1934 b n. drusius (Edwards), 1884 abo hewitsoni (Field), 1936 c n. revers a (Chermock & Chermock), 1940 549 gorgone (Hubner), "1806" [1810] (partim, 6 ) ismeria (Boisduval & Le Conte), [1833] a g. gorgone (Hubner), "1806" [1810] (partim, 6 ) b g. carlota (Reakirt), "1866-7" (1866) nyeteis Edwards (nee Doubleday), 1861 abo nigra (Cary), 1901 abo nox (Gunder), 1928 550 harrisii (Scudder), "1862" [1863] a h. harrisii (Scudder), "1862" [1863] b h. hanhallli (Fletcher), "1903" [1904] c h. albilllontana (Avinoff), 1930 d h.liggetti (Avinoff), 1930 551 gabbii (Behr), 1863 pola (Boisduval), 1869 a g. gabbii (Behr), 1863 sonorae (Boisduval), 1869 abo pasadenae (Gunder), 1924 abo newcombi 0. A. Comstock), 1926 abo gunderi 0. A. Comstock), 1926 b g. sabina (Wright), 1905 552 acastus (Edwards), "1874-6" (1874) abo pearlae (Gunder), 1926 form flavula (Barnes & McDunnough), 1918 118 DOS PASSOS: Nearctic Melitaenae VoL 23, no. 2 553 neumoegeni (Skinner), 1895 abo fridayi (Gunder), 1932 abo boharti (Gunder), 1933 554 damoetas (Skinner), 1902 abo damoetella (McDunnough), 1927 555 malcolmi 0. A. Comstock), 1926 556 palla (Boisduval), 1852 a p. palla (Boisduval), 1852 form 2 eremita (Wright), 1905 form sterope (Edwards), "1870-1" (1870) hewesi (Leussler), 1931 abo wardi (Oberthiir), 1914 abo blackmorei (Gunder), 1926 abo stygiana 0. A. Comstock), 1926 abo hemifusa (Gunder), 1930 abo hopfingeri (Gunder), 1934 b p. whitneyi (Behr), 1863 whitnegi (Behr), 1868 (lapsus calami) abo vanduzeei (Gunder), 1928 c p. vallismortis (Johnson), 19.38 (emendatio) d p. calydon (Holland), 1931 557 hoffmanni (Behr), 1863 a h. hoffmanni (Behr), 1863 helcita (Boisduval), 1869 abo abnorma (Wright), 1905 abo 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) abo albiplaga (Aaron), "1884" [1885] 559 endeis (Godman & Salvin), 1894 .560 janais (Drury), 1782 -:{. 561 lacinia (Geyer), 1837 a l. adjutrix Scudder, 1875 nigra (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) bicolor (Cockerell), 1893 (partim) rufa ( Cockerell), 1893 (partim) abo inghami Gunder, 1928 1969 Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 119 b l. 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 abo chinoi Gunder, 1924 PHYCIODES (ANTHANASSA) Scudder, 1875 Type: Eresia cincta Scudder (nec Edwards, 1864) 1875 (= Melitaea texana Edwards, 1863) TritanassaForbes, "1944" [1945] (partim) 563 texana (Edwards), 1863 a t. texan a (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 tharos Drury "1770" [1773]) Tritanassa Forbes, "1944" [1945] (partim) 566 tharos (Drury), "1770" [1773] a t. tharos (Drury), "1770" [1773] (gen. aest. ) tmorpheus (Fabricius, 1775 nec Pallas, 1771) morphius (Fabricius), 1781 (lapsus calami) cocyta (Cramer), "1779" [1777] euclea (Bergstrasser), 1780 morphea (Godart), 1819 tharossa (Godart), 1819 120 DOS PASSOS: Nearctic Melitaenae Vol. 23, no. 2 selenis (Kirby), 1837 abo packardii (Saunders), 1869 abo reaghi Reiff, 1913 abo 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 abo nigrescens Hall, 1924 .567 hatesii (Reakirt), 1865 abo harperi Gunder, 1932 568 phaon (Edwards), 1864 gorgone (Hubner), "1806" [1810] (partim, <;> ) gorgonia (Clark & Clark), 1941 (Zapsus calami) gen. aest. aestiva Edwards, 1878 form hiemalis
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