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Under side grayish white, both wings with a double 

 marginal row of dark spots, the outer obscure on the fore 

 wings and the apical portion of the hind wings. Be- 

 tween the two on the anal half of the hind wings, and a 

 little at the posterior angle of the fore wings, the space is 

 filled with orange, more prominent in the female. The 

 fore wings have a sinuous row of elongate, bright black 

 spots across the disk, with two similar spots in the cell, 

 a bar at the end, and a spot below T . The hind wings 

 have spots in the same position, with two subcostal and 

 one near the inner margin. 



Iow r a to Kansas, Nebraska. 



118. CHRYSOPHANUS THOE, Bd. Lee. 



Expanse of wings from 1.4 to 1.5 inches. 



Upper surface of the male coppery brown, with violet 

 reflections, a narrow terminal blackish border. The hind 

 wings have an orange fulvous terminal border, crenate 

 within, and containing five black lu miles on the black 



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edge. The female has the fore wings fulvous, with a 

 broad blackish border, and the black spots of the under 

 side, except the terminal double row ; hind wings as in 

 the male, but more blackish. 



Under side of fore wings fulvous, the terminal border 

 of hind wings orange fulvous ; under side of hind wings 

 and terminal border of fore wings grayish white, the 

 latter growing narrow from the apex back. The posi- 

 tion of the. black marks is the same as in C. Dione, but 

 they are heavier. 



According to Mr. Saunders, the eggs are nearly round, 

 a little flattened at the apex, flattened also at the base. 



Color- greenish white, thickly indented ; at the apex 



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