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NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



90. TERIAS LISA Bd-Lec. 



Little Bordered Yellow. 

 Plate II, 5. 

 Sulphur yellow with upper margin of fore, and outer margin of 

 both pairs of wings bordered with black. The border does not reach 

 the lower margin of the hind wings, and not always the lower border of 

 the fore, and is less extended in the female than in the male, often being 

 nearly absent on the hind wings. Spot on end of central cell, repre- 

 sented by a narrow transverse dash. Beneath, the border is absent, and 

 there is a round, rufous spot on outer margin of hind wings, near upper 

 edging, while the apex of fore, and entire surface of hind wings, are 

 more or less marked with short bars of rufous and dusky, that in some 

 cases are inclined to form bands. There is a yellowish white form ( nev- 

 er wholly white ) seen in both sexes, with markings similar. Expands, 

 1.05 to 1.45. Habitat, from Isles of Shoals (rare) through Eastern 

 Mass. (not common) south to the Gulf of Mexico; also Western States, 

 Arizona, and rarely in Hamilton, Ontario. Occurs from March to Nov- 

 ember in Florida, and in JNIass. in July. 



Fis. 18. 



abed e i' 



niustratin; the genus Terias. a, upper side hind ■wing, elathea; c, upper side fore wing, same 

 species: b, same, delia: d, same, westwoodii: f. same, Mexicana; e, hind wing, upper side, same 

 species. 



01. TERIAS DELIA Cram. 

 Banded Yellow. 



Size and form of T. lisa, but differs in being paler yell')w and in 

 having a black band along lower margin of fore wings above a narrow, 

 orange margin. Fig. 18, b, this band being more indistinct in the female 

 where the orange margin is absent. Beneath, paler, with the rufous 

 and brownish markings, but the round, rufous spot on hind wings is ab- 

 sent. Expands, 1.10 to 1.50. Habitat, Gulf States. Occurs in the 

 summer. 



