42 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



83. COLIAS BEHRII Edw. 

 Behr's Bordered Butterfly. 

 Male, dusky-green with a distinct black border to both wings; the 

 central spot of fo-e wing is a narrow white line without conspicuous edg- 

 ing, Fig. 17, e, and that of hind wing is a round dot. Beneath, similar 

 but paler. Female, with the dusky markings restricted to the veins as 

 in C. nastes, but differs in having the border without greenish spots, and 

 in the central spottings being yellowish. Expands about 1.50. Habi- 

 tat, Mountains of the Yo Semite, California. 



GENUS X. TERIAS. 

 YELLOW AND ORANGE BUTTERFLIES. 



Size, small. Colors, yellowish-white, yellow, or are 

 orange, conspicuously bordered with black. Central dot on 

 fore wings, j)resent or absent, and there is none on the hind 

 pair. Fore wings, not pointed and never produced into 

 prominent angles, while the hind wings are rarely angled. 

 Antennae, short, with the club occup\dng the terminal 

 fourth. Type, T. lisa (Plate II, 5.) 



84. TERIAS NICIPPE Cram. 

 Bordered Orange. 

 Male, above, bright orange with dash at end of central cell of fore 

 wings, upper margin of fore wing, and outer margin of both pairs, dull 

 black ; lower margin of hind wings, j'ellow, interrupting the black bor- 

 der. Beneath, yellow, more orange on fore wings ; both pairs, border- 

 less, but central spot of fore wings is repeated, while apex of fore, and 

 whole surface of hind wings, are marked with wavy lines and dashes of 

 rufous that are inclined to f(3rm a band across the hind pair. Female, 

 similar but paler, and the rufous bar on lower side of liind wings, is more 

 prominent. Expands, 1.70 to 2.10. Habitat, Penn. to the Gulf of Mex- 

 ico. Mississippi Valley. Arizona, California, and rarely New England. 

 Occurs in Florida, from INIarch until November. Fig. 17, b. 



85. TERIAS PROTERPIA Fab. 



Orange Terias. 



Differs from T. nicippe in being of a redder orange, in having the 



black bordering confined to the ai»ex of fore wings, not reaching either 



base or lower margin, and in the hind wings being without borderino-. 



