Genus Phyciodes 
fulvous of the upper side of the wings more widely extended, 
causing the dark markings to be greatly restricted. The figure 
in the plate is, in this species as in most others, that of the type, 
and I am under obligations to Dr. Skinner for kind permission to 
have the use of the specimen. Expanse, 1.75 inch. 
The type came from Colorado Springs. 
(12) Phyciodes montana, Behr, Plate XVII, Fig. 26, ?. 
underside; Fig. 27, $ (The Mountain Crescent-spot). 
Butterfly. —Upon the upper side the wings are marked 
much as in P. camillus , but are prevalently bright fulvous, with 
the dark markings quite slight in most specimens. On the 
under side the wings are pale yellowish-fulvous. The female 
usually has the secondaries crossed by a broad median band of 
very pale spots. Expanse, 6 , 1.25 inch; ?, 1.50 inch. 
Early Stages. —Unknown. 
The habitat of this species is the Sierras of California and 
Nevada. 
(13) Phyciodes picta, Edwards, Plate XVII, Fig. 20, $, 
under side; Fig. 21, 6 (The Painted Crescent-spot). 
Butterfly. —The butterfly in both sexes somewhat closely re¬ 
sembles P. phaon on the upper side. On the under side the fore 
wings are red on the median area, with the base, the costa, the 
apex, and the outer margin pale yellow; the black, markings very 
prominent. The hind wings on the under side are nearly im¬ 
maculate yellow. Expanse, 6 , .80-1.10 inch; $ , 1.10-1.25 inch. 
Early Stages .—These may be found described with minute ex¬ 
actness by Mr. W. H. Edwards in the pages of the “Canadian 
Entomologist,” vol. xvi, pp. 163-167. The egg is yellowish- 
green. The caterpillar moults five times. When mature it is 
about six tenths of an inch long, armed with seven principal 
rows of short spines, which appear to vary in color in the spring 
and fall broods, being light brown in the June brood and greenish- 
yellow in the October brood. The prevalent color of the cater¬ 
pillar is some shade of yellowish- or greenish-brown, mottled 
with lighter and darker tints. The chrysalis is yellowish-brown. 
The food-plants of the caterpillar are various species of aster. 
This species is found as far north as Nebraska, and is abundant 
in Colorado and New Mexico, ranging southward through Ari 
zona into Mexico. 
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