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yellowish tint, reddish between the antennae. A dark streak on each side of 

 prothorax, and a long, narrow, dark-brown slash on the patagia. Both wings 

 of a rich golden-yellow, with dusky slate-brown margins. Fore wiogs with 

 the costa pale slate-color, checkered broadly with five large, square, white 

 spots, and«two minute, whitish, linear spots near the apex. < )uter edge dusky, 

 the dark margin narrowing toward t he inner edge. Fringe very long and slate- 

 colored, checkered conspicuously with white. Hind wings like fore wings; 

 the costa is narrowly edged with slate. Beneath, the wings are brightly 

 colored; the anterior pair dull golden-yellow, with a reddish tinge on the costal 

 side. Borders of the wing checkered very conspicuously as above; the apex, 

 however, whitish. Hind wings pale fawn-colored, marbled with white, with a 

 costo-apical, oblong (transversely), white spot, and a large, square, white spot 

 in the middle of the wing below; costa marbled with whitish, abdomen pale 

 fawn-color, like t he thorax. 



Length of body, 9,0.45; of fore wing, 9, 0G4; expanse of wings, 1.30 

 inches. 



Arizona (Dr. Palmer. 'Department of Agriculture). 



Though this species is described from Arizona, it, may be confidently 

 looked for in Southern Colorado. The species is so remarkable that I venture 

 to describe il from a single individual. It may be readily recognized by its 

 rich golden-yellow wings, the checkered costa of the anterior pair, and the 

 broad dusky margin of both wings, while the hind wings beneath are beauti- 

 fully marbled. 



PHASIANE DuponcheL Plate 3, fig. 5. 



Phasiane Dap. (in part),Lep. Frauce, viii (iv), 109, 1829; viii (v), 145, 1830. 



Eubolia Boisd. (in part), Gen. In<l., 201, 1840. 



Fidoniu H.-Sch. (in part), iii,84,1846. 



Phasiane Leden c (in pari |, Verb. Bot. Zool. Ges. Wien, 233, 1*53. 



Tephrina Guen. (in part), Phal., ii,96, 1857. 



Walk, (in pari ), List Lep. Het. Br.Mus.,xxiii,95l, 1861. 



Male antenna' either slightly pectinated, or simple and slightly ciliated; 

 female simple. Palpi stout, of moderate length ; third joint pointed, porrect, 

 passing beyond the front by a distance twice the length of the third joint. 

 A short frontal tuft between the palpi, fore wings subfalcate, the apex 

 subacute; costa straight, the outer edge slightly bent. Hind wings square, 

 being bent just below the apex, which is well rounded, and again on the 

 first median, while the inner angle is rectangular. The venation is very 



