96 BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 
spotted as above, with the addition of a yellowish spot at the 
end of the cell, which shows very faintly on the upper side. 
The hind wings have a small yellow spot near the middle on 
the cell, and a curved row of six or seven pale yellow spots 
beyond it. Under side of the body, covered with pale yel- 
lowish hairs. The club of the antenne is large, and has a 
minute, curved apex. 
The females are without the tawny scales on the basal part 
of the fore wings above, and the oblique stripe below the cell. 
Mr. H. H. Lyman, of Montreal, has kindly informed me 
that he found this species ‘* common, end of August and first 
of September,” on Cape Elizabeth, three miles from Portland. 
I have not heard of its being taken elsewhere in Maine. Mr. 
Scudder states that it feeds on grasses. 
56. PAMPHILA SASSACUS, Har. 
Pam’-phi-la sas’-sa-cus. 
Expanse of wings, one inch and a quarter. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown, with a large, tawny 
yellow spot occupying a large part of the middle of each. 
A brown patch, more or less distinct, extends from the end 
of the cell of the fore wing, nearly out to the brown border, 
but leaving two small, square, tawny spots beyond it. The 
base of the wing is somewhat obscure, and in the females this 
covers the hinder margin; and a band of the same color ex- 
tends from the base along the lower side of the cell, half its 
length or more. The males have an oblique, velvety black 
dash from near the base of the wing up to the end of the 
cell. 
Under side of the wings, ochre-yellow, with small paler 
spots towards the apex corresponding to those above, while 
the basal portion, hinder border and the oblique stripe are 
brownish. The under side of the hind wings, in the female, 
has several square, paler spots, corresponding to the outer 
part of the tawny color above. Body, above, brown, with 
greenish hairs, lighter beneath. 
