BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 45 
17. PHyYcIODES HARRISII, Scud. 
Phy-ci-o’-des har-ris'-i-i. 
Expanse of wings, one inch and three-fourths. 
Upper surface of the wings, orange red with black mark- 
ings; the black so extended as to leave only a sinuous red 
band across the wing outside of the cell, beyond which is a 
row of small red spots; also about three on the cell and two 
below. The sinuous band is so extended, as to fuse, more 
or less, with the red spots beyond, and is divided by the 
black veins of the wing. 
The hind wings have a broad orange band, also cut by the 
black veins, and sometimes divided by a black line across the 
wing. Along the outer edge of this band, is a row of small 
black spots, two of which sometimes have pale yellow 
centers. 
Under side of the fore wings, with very much less black 
than the upper side, and with two rows of white spots inside 
of the outer margin. 
Under side of hind wings, dull orange, with the base edged 
with white, and with about five white spots ringed with black. 
Across the middle is a band composed of three rows of ir- 
regular white spots, on a ground of black; and near the 
outer border, is a series of pearly white lunules also on a 
ground of black, within which is a row of small black spots, 
some of which have white centers. 
Body, above, black with reddish hairs; whitish beneath, 
with red legs. The eggs, and larve in their different molts, 
much resemble those of Melitaea phaeton; and they hibern- 
ate, some before the second, and others after the third molt. 
They make no web over their food-plant. 
This common insect feeds on Aster and Diplopappus um- 
bellatus, and has but one generation in a year. 
The imago flies in Orono, through the middle of June. 
