86 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 
The larva is said to feed on alder, wild currant, viburnum 
and vaccinium. 
This butterfly has been taken in Aroostook and at Orono 
in the early part of June, and also on the 12th and 13th of 
August. Prof. S. J. Smith took it at Norway in June, and 
also July 20th and 28th. 
48. CHRYSOPHANUS, EPIXANTHE, Bd-Lec. 
Chrys-o-pha’-nus ep-ix-an'-the. 
Expanse of wings, about one inch. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown, somewhat purplish 
in the males. The fore wings have a black spot at the end 
of the cell, a smaller one before it on the middle of the cell, 
and one below this last. The hind wings have a black mark 
at the end of the cell, and a row of spots beyond, scarcely 
visible, and one or two red spots at the anal angle. Under 
side of the wings, whitish, with a scalloped red line on the 
outer margin of the hind wing, from the anal angle upward. 
On the under side of the fore wing are three black spots on 
the cell, one near the base, one in the middle and one at the 
end, with one under each of the first two named. There is 
also a row of seven black spots across the wing beyond the 
cell, forming a somewhat sinuous line. There are also three 
spots just within the outer margin, from the anal angle up- 
wards. Those on the hind wings are reduced to mere points, 
forming about two irregular rows across the wing. Body, 
blackish above and white beneath. 
This pretty little species is quite common on certain bogs 
during the last of June and the early part of July. The food 
plant is not known, but Mr. Scudder suggests that it may be 
swamp dock (/tumex verticillatus. ) 
