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P. tharos group. Wings above more or less mottled with fulvous spots. 
5. Phyciodes tharos. 
Papilio tharos, Drury, Ill. Nat. Hist. i. p. 43, t. 21. ff. 5, 63. 
Melitea tharos, Strecker, Cat. Butt. N. Am. p. 120°. 
Phyciodes tharos, W. H. Edw. Butt. N. Am. Phyciodes, t. 1, 2°. 
Alis fuscis, maculis fulvis (marginibus exceptis) notatis; subtus fulvis, posticis magis ochraceis fusco preecipue 
ad marginem externum variegatis. 
Hab. Norta AMERICA generally, east of the Rocky Mountains 2, New York !, Texas 3. 
— Mexico. 
We have one specimen of this species from Mexico, which was formerly in Mr. Bates’s 
collection, and is, though rather dark on the upperside, much like the form of P. tharos 
represented by P. morpheus. 
We have no other record of the species within our limits, though it occurs on the 
north-eastern frontier in Texas. 
Mr. W. H. Edwards’s observations on the development of this species and the 
influence of temperature on the developing imago are worthy of careful study in con- 
nexion with the members of this genus. We should not be surprised to find that 
some unexpected relationship between some of the insects now supposed to be distinct 
species would be revealed were similar observations made upon them. ‘This of course 
can only be done by a naturalist resident in the country where they live. 
6. Phyciodes picta. (Tab. XXI. figg. 4, 5.) 
Phyciodes picta, W. H. Edw. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 201°. 
Melitea picta, Strecker, Lep. Rhop.-Het. p. 65, t. 8. £. 10%. 
Alis fuscis, maculis fulvis et flavidis notatis fere ut in P. phaonte; subtus flavis, anticis maculis paucis notatis, 
posticis fere immaculatis. 
Hab. Nortu America, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona ! 2,—MeExico 2. 
We are indebted to Mr. Strecker for a Mexican specimen (which we figure) of this 
species, by no means a common one in the South-western States of America, where it 
was originally discovered. 
The nearly pure yellow secondaries beneath is a characteristic feature of this species. 
7. Phyciodes orseis. 
Phyciodes orseis, W. H. Edw. Trans. Am. Ent. Soe. iii. p. 206°. 
Melitea pratensis, var. orseis, Strecker, Cat. Butt. N. Am. p. 121’. 
Alis fuscis, fulvo maculatis, posticis fascia fulva submarginali notatis: subtus anticis ad basin fulvis ochraceo 
indistincte notatis, ad marginem externum fusco variegatis et maculis argenteis apicalibus ornatis; posticis 
rufescente fusco variegatis, maculis ad basin, una ad medium marginis externi et linea transversa bicurvata 
ultra cellulam argenteis. 
@. Mari similis, posticis magis fulvo ornatis. 
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