EASTERN UNITED STATES. 



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portion around the anal angle. Body black ; palpi and 

 under side of head gray. 

 Key West, Florida. 



200. MEGATHYMTJS Yucos, Bd. Lee. 



Expanse of wings from 2.5 to 3 inches. 

 Male. Upper surface deep umber-brown, the base 

 of both wings tinged with yellow, the markings yellow. 



FIG. 91. 



Megathymus Yuccae, female (natural size). 



The fore wings have a large spot in the outer end of the 

 cell that is subquadrate ; above this in the interspaces are 

 three small spots in an oblique line, but little more than 

 mere dots. Beyond these is a submarginal row of spots 

 which begin in the usual line of anteapical spots about 

 four-fifths the distance from the base to the apex, but 

 the two spots opposite the cell are nearer the outer mar- 

 gin, and from these they gradually run nearer the mar- 

 gin, till the last one is close to the posterior angle, as 

 shown in Fig. 91. The first of the four anteapical spots 



