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Male. — Expanse 14 to 19 mm. Upperside. Primaries dark brown with a 

 band of spots crossing the wing midway between the disk and the margin; 

 these spots are centrally bluish-white scales encircled by wedge-shaped 

 black lines; there is a similar band crossing the wing at the end of the disk 

 but it is more obscure. The secondaries are dark brown with a double row 

 of small, obscure, yellowish spots; these are usually more marked in the 

 female. Underside. Primaries ; there is a very obscure band of spots cross- 

 ing the wing at the position of the disk. The spots on the secondaries are 

 more distinctly repeated. 



The female expands 17 to 19 mm. The area on the primaries at the end 

 of the disk and between the two bands is usually much lighter in color in 

 this sex and the spots on the secondaries are more pronounced. 



Thanaos brizo Boisd. and Lee. 



Distribution. — From Canada to Florida and from the Atlantic 

 to Pacific oceans. 



j^ecords.— Beulah, Manitoba, V, 5; Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 

 (James Fletcher) ; Framingham, Mass., V, 8; Areola, Penna., V, 5; Westville, 

 N. J., VI; Woodbury, N. J., IV, 29; Clementon, N. J., X, 5; Manurauskin, 

 N. J., V, 8; Round Mountain, Blanco County, Texas, III, 25 to IV, 5; Du- 

 rango, Colorado, V, 21 ; Stockton, Utah, VI, 1 ; Silver City, New Mexico, V, 8. 

 Boisduval (Ann. See. Ent. France, (2), X, 310, 1852) records the species 

 from California. Other records: Halifax, Nova Scotia, (T. Belt and J. M. 

 Jones); Quebec, V and VI, (A. F. Winn); Maine, (Fcrnald); Pittsburgh, 



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