Genus Oarisma 
Genus OARISMA, Scudder 
Butterfly .—Closely related to the preceding genus. The an¬ 
tennae are very short; the club is long, cylindrical, bluntly 
rounded at the apex, not curved. The palpi are stout, the apical 
joint very slender, elongated, and porrect. The 
head is broad; the body is long and slender, 
projecting somewhat beyond the posterior 
margin of the secondaries. The neuration of 
the wings is represented in the cut. 
Early Stages .—So far as known to me the 
life-history of no butterfly of this genus has 
yet been ascertained. 
(1) Oarisma garita, Reakirt, Plate XLVII, 
Fig. 3, $ (Garita). 
Butterfly .—This obscure little insect is light Fig 163.—Neura- 
fulvous on the upper side, with the costa of tion of the genus Oa- 
the hind wing somewhat broadly marked with risma ' 
leaden gray; on the under side the fore wings are brighter ful¬ 
vous, with the inner margin laved with dark gray. The hind 
wings are paler fulvous, inclining to gray, with the inner margin 
brighter fulvous. Expanse, .75-1.00 inch. 
Early Stages .—We know little of these. The species is found 
in southern Colorado, ranging thence westward and southward to 
Arizona. 
(2) Oarisma powesheik, Parker, Plate XLVII, Fig. 4 , 6 
(Powesheik). 
Butterfly.—This species may be distinguished fro.rn its ally 
garita by its larger size, the darker color of the upper side of the 
wings, and the red markings on the costa of the fore wings. On 
the under side the fore wings are black, edged on the costa and 
outer margin for a short distance below the apex with light 
fulvous. The hind wings are dusky, with the veins and nervules 
white, standing forth conspicuously upon the darker ground-color. 
Expanse, 1.00-1.25 inch. 
Early Stages. —Unknown. 
Powesheik occurs in Wisconsin, and ranges thence westward 
to Nebraska, northward to Dakota, and southward as far as 
Colorado. 
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