78 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A NEW BUTTERFLY FROM TEXAS. 



BY G. M. DODGE, LOUISIANA, MO. 



Nisoniades Llano, n. sp. 



Expanse about one inch. Primaries with inner two-thirds black,, 

 marked by a triangular brown patch near base, resting on internal margin;; 

 a large similarly-coloured patch at outer end of cell, touching the costa, 

 and bordered by a pale-brown line, which, starting from the costa about 

 one-third of the distance from the apex, curves outward opposite the 

 discal cell, and runs diagonally across to about the middle of the inner 

 margin, and is twinned at its lower extremity by a similar line, which 

 precedes it, and extends from inner margin to just across the median vein> 



The outer third of the wing is crossed by two bluish-gray, curved 

 bands, the inner being about twice the width of the other. They 

 are separated by a narrow dark line. The outer band seems to be 

 composed of small whitish spots, but that and the fringe are covered by 

 bluish-gray scales. At the inner angle the fringe is slightly tipped with 

 white. 



The posteriors are crossed by an irregularly-curved band of large 

 diffuse pale spots submarginally. A short row of similar spots lies across 

 the discal area, and two or three such spots appear between this last and 

 the base. The wing is thus transversely divided into three dark and 

 three light spaces or bands. The fringe is white, dusky at the angles, and 

 with black spots on its base at the extremity of the veins. Below, the 

 primaries are dark, with a single small, but conspicuous, white spot near 

 apex, between the second and third subcostal nervures. A regularly- 

 curved band of pale spots corresponds to the broad band above, 

 and beyond this is a terminal row of small, somewhat indistinct, spots. 

 The fringe is dark, with white at inner angle and some white spots along 

 its base, extending in a row nearly to the apex. Secondaries marked as 

 above, but the spots are smaller, better defined, and do not give the wing 

 the banded appearance so conspicuous on the upper side. 



One example, Llano County, Texas. 



Mailed February 28th, 1903. 



