BUTTERFLIES OF MAINE. 101 
The females have a few small pale yellowish spots in 
a sinuous line across the fore wing beyond the end of the cell. 
The under side of the wings are slightly paler but marked 
as above. 
The larva feeds on grass. The butterfly is on the wing in 
the middle of July. 
63. PAMPHILA BIMACULA, Gr-Rob. 
Pam’ -phi-la bi-mac’-u-la. 
Expanse of wings, from an inch and a quarter to an inch 
and a half. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown, overlaid somewhat 
with tawny scales. The males have an oblique, velvety black 
stripe near the middle of the wing, on each side of which, 
and on the cell, the wing is marked with tawny yellow. 
Between the end of the cell and the apex, there are a few 
small, tawny streaks between the veins. The females have 
two pale yellowish spots below the end of the cell, and a 
trace of one or two between the end of the cell and the apex. 
Fringes of all the wings, white. 
Under side of the wings, pale tawny brown. The marks 
of the upper side sre repeated. Body, above, of the color of 
the wings; clothed with whitish hairs beneath. 
The early stages of this rare species are unknown. 
The butterfly is on the wing in Orono early in July. 
64. AMBLYSCIRTES VIALIS, Edw. 
Am-bly-sci;’-tes vi-a’-lis. 
Expanse of wings, one inch. 
Upper side of the wings, dark brown with «a iine of three 
small whitish spots extending downwards from the outer 
fourth of the costa. There is sometimes a similar spot half 
way across the wing, and at an equal distance from the 
outer margin as those above. 
Under side of the wings, dark brown with purple reflections. 
