80 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



outer margin. Hind wings lack the brownish markings, and the dis- 

 tinct, purplish, single, crescent is very pale, with all the markings show- 

 ing faintly. Expands, 1.G5 to 2.25. Habitat, West Virginia, Mary- 

 land, and from New York to Ohio. Occurs with P. tharos. 



Fig. 30. 



fed c b a 



a, hind wing, beneath, M. leanira: b, same, M. alma: f, same, M. minuta; c, same, Phyciodes nyc- 

 teis; d, fore wing, ui>per side, P. phaon: e, same, P. picta. 



193. PHYCIODES PRATENSIS Beer. 

 Meadow Checker. 

 Black above predominates as in P. batesii, but differs from this 

 species, in having a series of black spots in the sub-marginal interspace 

 of both surfaces of fore wings. Beneath, more like tharos but with paler 

 spottings, and the marginal series of crescents on hind wings, are very 

 pale and surrounded with brownish. Expands, 1.20 to 1.30. Habitat, 

 California, Oregon and Arizona. 



104. PHYCIODES ORSEIS Edw. 

 Orseis Checker. 

 Quite similar to P. phaon but differs in having a row of black dots 

 within the black, marginal band. Hind Avings, have the Avhitish, sub- 

 marginal crescents perfect, and each one is accompanied on the inside 

 by a black spot, and the second, narrow, black band is more complete. 

 Beneath, on fore wings, pale ocherous, with a small, brown patch on 

 middle of upper margin; outer margin of both wings, yellowish, double 

 on middle of fore wings, and on whole of hind, where it encloses a large, 

 pale crescent. Remainder of fore wings, mottled with 3'ellowish and 

 reddish. Hind wings, with an intricate pattern of lines, from the base 

 to middle, bounding which is a wavy line, and outside of this, is a pale* 

 dusky stripe and a row of brown dots. Expands l.GO to 1.00. Habi- 

 tat, California, Washington Territory, and Oregon. 



105. PHYCIODES CAMILLUS Edw. 

 Obscured Checker. 

 Similar to P. tharos in the darkest phase, but even more obscured 

 above, with the black. The reddish, marginal crescents show indistinctly 



