BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 35 
wings, and a smaller one on the hind wings, followed by 
about four small brown spots, decreasing in size, on the ends 
of the veins. ; 
Under side of the wings inclining more to orange yellow, 
and sprinkled with dark atoms except on the middle of the 
fore wings. A small discal point occurs at the end of the 
cell on all the wings. Costal edge of the fore wings, all the 
fringes, a small spot towards the apex of the fore wings, and 
a patch on the apex of the hind wings, all reddish. 
This is a southern butterfly and must be extremely rare in 
Maine. One example was taken at the Isles of Shoals by 
Mr. Roland Thaxter. 
The larva, which is green with four longitudinal whitish 
lines, is said to feed on clover and some other leguminous 
plants. 
