334 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



outer portion, ending in a point at the posterior angle, 

 the rest of the fore wing blackish. The spots of the 

 upper surface are repeated. 



Female. Like the male, except that the first three 

 spots on the fore wings are more nearly of the same 

 size. 



Body concolorous with the wings above, with yellow- 

 ish hairs, gray beneath. 



Larva and food-plant unknown. 



Gulf States ; occasional in New York. 



160. PAMPHILA BIMACULA, Gr. Rob. 



Expanse of wings from 1.2 to 1.5 inches. 



Male. Upper surface dark brown, with a slight 

 purplish tinge ; the basal half of the fore wings washed 

 with yellow inclining to fulvous, more apparent along 

 the basal third of the costa and on both sides of the 

 stigma, where it is nearly clear yellow. Stigma oblique, 

 velvety black, broken in the middle into two narrow ellip- 

 tical parts. There is a small pale spot in the first median 

 interspace, and a few pale scales beyond the upper part 

 of the cell in the place of the usual second and third 

 anteapical subcostal spots. Hind wings without spots, 

 but the middle and basal areas with olivaceous yellow 

 hairs. 



Under side grayish brown ; the basal half of the ante- 

 rior part of the fore wings, and the anterior part of the 

 hind wings, heavily washed with yellow tinged with fer- 

 ruginous ; the rest of the hind wings, except the inner 

 margin, and the outer part of the fore wings, well 

 sprinkled with the same. The posterior part of the 

 outer margin of the fore wings lacks these scales, and 



