BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 97 
The larva is said to feed on grass (Panicum sanguinale. ) 
The butterfly is on the wing in the middle of June. 
57.  PAMPHILA OTHO; variety, EGEREMET, Scud. 
Pam’-phi-la o’-tho. e-ger’-e-met. 
Expanse of wings, one inch and a fourth. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown, with a dull tint on 
the hinder border of the fore wings, and the middle of the 
hind wings, caused by the presence of yellowish hairs. The 
fore wings have a small yellow spot below the end of the cell, 
and a smaller, divided one, of the same color, half way be- 
tween this and the apex. The males have a velvety black 
spot helow the middle of the cell, and another along the side 
of the cell towards the end, and a patch of large brown scales 
between them. 
Under side of the wings, dark brown, dusted with yellow 
scales, and with the yellow marks of the upper side re-pro- 
duced. The hind wings have a faint yellowish band a little 
beyond the middle, not reaching either border. Body, above, 
dark brown, with greenish hairs ; lighter beneath. | 
This is « rare species in Maine. 
58. PAMPHILA PECKIUS, Kirby. 
Pam'-phi-la peck’-i-us. 
Expanse of wings, about one inch. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown, with tawny yellow 
markings. The males have the costa of the fore wing, from 
the base to a point two-thirds of the way to the apex, and 
extending across to the lower side of the cell; the hinder 
border; three spots separated by the veins, half way between 
the end of the cell and the apex; two minute spots beyond 
the end of the cell, nearer the outer margin than the last; a 
larger spot a little below the end of the cell, all tawny yel- 
low. The hind wing has a spot of tawny yellow near the 
base, and a wide one a little beyond the middle, divided into 
five or six by the veins. The males have a somewhat sinu-- 
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