Genus Phyciodes 
ter form marcia of Phyciodes tharos, Drury; but the black 
markings are more evenly distributed. The under side is a pale 
yellowish-fulvous, and the black markings are slight. 
$.—The female is like the male, but paler. Expanse, 6, 
1.15 inch; $, 1.25 inch. 
Early Stages. —The chrysalis has been described by Edwards 
in the “Canadian Entomologist,” vol. xi, p. 129. This is all 
we know of the early life of the insect. 
It is found in Texas and Mexico. 
(4) Phyciodes phaon, Edwards, Plate XVII, Fig. 22, 6 ; Fig. 
23. $ , under side (Phaon). 
Butterfly , $ .—The ground-color of the male is paler on the 
upper side than in Phyciodes tharos , and the black markings are 
much heavier. The median band on the fore wings is yellowish. 
The wings on the under side are yellow, shaded with fulvous on 
the primaries, on which the dark markings are heavy. 
$.—Like the male. Expanse, 90 inch; $, 1.25 inch. 
Early Stages. —Unknown. 
This insect inhabits the Gulf States, and has been occasionally 
taken in Kansas. 
(5) Phyciodes tharos, Drury, Plate XVIII, Fig. 1, $ ; Fig. 
2, $ ; var. marcia, Edwards, Plate XVIII, Fig. 3, 6 ; Fig. 4, $ ; 
Plate V, Figs. 20-22, chrysalis (The Pearl Crescent). 
Butterfly. —This very common and well-known little insect 
scarcely needs to be described. The upper side is bright fulvous, 
with heavy black borders; all the other dark markings are slight. 
The wings on the under side are paler, with the dark markings of 
the upper side showing through, and there are additional markings 
of brown on the hind wings. Expanse, $, 1.25 inch; $, 1.65 inch. 
Early Stages.— The early stages of this insect have been 
worked out with the most extreme care by Mr. Edwards, and the 
reader who is curious to know about them should consult “The 
Butterflies of North America/’ Dr. Scudder also has minutely 
and laboriously described the early stages in “The Butterflies of 
New England.” The egg is light greenish-yellow. The cater¬ 
pillar, which feeds upon various species of aster and allied Com¬ 
posite, is dark brown after the third moult, its back dotted with 
yellow, adorned with short, black, bristly spines, which are yel¬ 
low at the base. The chrysalis is grayish-white, mottled with 
dark spots and lines. 
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