82 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



197. PHYCIODES MONTANA Behr. 

 Small Mountain Checker. 

 Similar to P. tliaros in general markings but differs above on fore 

 "Nvings, in having the inner black bands rather pale, and there are no 

 sub-marginal crescents. Beneath, on hind wing, the crescents are pres- 

 ent and the large central one is silvered. Expands, l.oO to 1.50. Hab- 

 itat, California and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. 



198. PHYCIODES PICT A Emv. 

 Pictured Checker. 



Similar to P. phaon but differs in having the marginal border of 

 wing above, widened as far as the central, whitish band, and inclosing 

 two rows of round, wdiitish spots, Fig. 30, e, and there is a black -edged 

 whitish bar in central cell. Beneath, the apex of fore whig is buff, and 

 the hind wing is buff, with onl}' slight indications of. markings. Ex- 

 pands, 1.00 to 1.15. Habitat, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Ne- 

 braska. 



GENUS XX. ERESIA. SPOTTED BUTTERFLIES. 

 Differs from Phyciodes, mainly in form of fore wings, 

 ■which are greatly elongated, and in the preponderance of 

 black, relieved only by a rather limited amount of bright 

 colors, reds, yellows, and orange. Size, small, and some 

 of the species resemble little Heliconians. Type, E. frisia. 

 (Plate IV, 5.) 



199. ERESIA FRISIA Poey. 

 Florida Spotted Butxkkfly. 



Reddish orange above with a broad, black border to both wings, 

 that on hind, containing a row of connected crescents, and within it, on 

 fore wings, are three black bands, the first connected with the second 

 below the middle of the wing, and the third and fourth connected from 

 the middle vein to the upper margin ; these last two bands continuing 

 very faintly across the hind wings, and then, on both wings, are four 

 undulating, more or less distinct, lines, connected in places by cross lines. 

 The interspaces between the bands are paler than the remaining ground 

 color. Beneath, the basal half of Aving is reddish orange, with four or 

 five large, buflfish spots, the outer half brown, with the border whitish, 



