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Prothymia Hiibn. 

 coccineifascia Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 294. N. Y., Texas, 

 rosalba Grote, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 295. Penn , Mass. 

 orgiae Groie, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 116. Texas. 

 subolivacea Harv., Bull. B. S. N. S., 3, 11. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF PAMPHILA. 



BY W. H. HOWARDS, COALBUROH, W. VA. 



P. Dion. 



Male — Expands 1.2 inch. 



Upper side has the disk, cell and basal areas pale fulvous, the latter 

 much obscured ; costal margin also fulvous, but obscured, and inclining 

 to red in the sub-costal interspaces ; the apex and hind margin broadly 

 bordered with fuscous ; stigma long, narrow, formed by two velvety-black 

 spots, the lower one -a little back of the line of the other; the black arc 

 of cell forms a continuation of stigma and joins a dark stripe which runs 

 along upper side of subcostal to base, the whole forming a sub-triangular 

 inscription such as is seen in Arpa. Secondaries have the disk to base 

 obscure fulvous, but there is a clear fulvous ray on the outer part of this area. 



Under side of primaries ferruginous, deepest over costal margin ; area 

 below cell to inner margin black, and over median interspaces pale black ; 

 on the disk an oblique band of four yellow or fulvous spots, besides a 

 fifth spot, obsolescent, out of the line and opposite end of cell. Second- 

 aries ferruginous, of uniform tint, except that there are two pale rays from 

 base, one of which passes through cell, the other occupies submedian 

 interspace, to margin. 



Female — Expands 1.5 inch. 



Upper side fuscous with a slight tint of fulvous ; primaries have two 

 yellow sub-apical spots, and an oblique row of yellow spots across the 

 disk ; secondaries have the disk nearly as in male, more obscured, but 

 with the bright ray. Under side as in the male. 



This species is closely allied to Arpa Bd. and Lee, but may be dis- 

 tinguished from it by the pale rays on disk of secondaries, Arpa being 

 one shade of color. I formerly received Dion from Mr. G. M. Dodge, 



