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BULLETIN UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA. 



Fig. GO. Lemonias nubigena, from Colorado. 



WHITNEY'S CHECKER-SPOT. 



Lemonias whitneyi, Behr. Figs. 61 and 62. 





Fig. G2. Lemonias whitneyi, 

 Fig. CI. Lemonias whitneyi. under side. 



Butterfly — Fulvous upon the upper side. Prominent yellow bands on 

 under side of hind wings. The yellow is more prominent in the male than 

 in the female. Expanse male, 1.50 inches, 38 mm.; female 1.70 inches, 

 44 mm. 



Early Stages — Altogether unknown. 



Distribution — It ranges from California into Nevada, north to Mon- 

 tana. 



Taken at Sinyaleamin lake in the Mission Mountains by Elrod; near 

 Helena by Brandegee; in Bridger canyon and Gallatin county, elevation 

 7,500 feet by Cooley; Miles City by Wiley. 



COOPER'S CRECKER-SPOT, Lemonias cooperi Behr. 

 Butterfly and Early Stages — This species is very similar to chalcedon, 

 but the want of the yellowish halo around the lunulae of the brown band 

 on the under side, is a very positive diagnostic character. The brown 

 color of the bands also is always of the same somber hue as that of the 

 under side of tne fore wings, and never of the fiery brick red that colors 

 this fascia on the under side of chalcedon, forming a perceptible contrast 

 to the somber coloring of the under side of the fore wings, which is the 



