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NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



enclosing a line of four or five white spots ; the inner border of this area 

 is composed of a darker, saber-shaped spot, point downward, Fig. 12. d, 

 Upper border of wing, sprinkled sparingly with black. Base of both 

 wings, dusky. Upper surface of hind wing, slightly marbled with dusky, 

 lower surface, prominently and not very finely, with dusky and green- 

 ish. Expands about l.GO. Habitat, Southern California, Arizona, and 

 Utah. 



42. ANTHOCHARIS HYANTIS Edw. 

 Hyantis Marbled Butterfly. 

 Male, white, similar to olympia, with bar at end of central cell, 

 narrower and reaching upper border of wing ; and there are two rows of 

 dusky spots in apex. The marblings of hind wings beneath are green, 

 gray, and yellow. Female, similar, but with the dark markings more 

 extended. Expands 1.50 to 1.80. Habitat, Colorado, California, and 

 Arizona. 



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Fis. 12. 



a tj c d e 



a, fore wiiig, upper side, Piens uelsoni: b, same P. virj^mieiisis; c, same Anthochans lauceola- 

 ta; d, Banie A. ceruBa: e, bind wing, lower Bide, A. rosa, 



4.1 ANTHOCHARIS OLYMPIA Edw. 



Olympian Marbled Butterfly. 

 Size, about that of A. genutia, but with outer border of fore wing 

 without conspicuous angle, and there is no orange nor 3'ellow above or 

 below. The apex of fore wing is dusky, inside of which, on upper and 

 outer border, is a darker spot, and there is a transverse spot at end of 

 central cell. The hind wings are faintly marbled with dusky. Beneath, 

 the markings are not repeated. The marblings on the hind wings 

 differ from those of A. genutia, in being broken into three divisions, 

 basal, central and on outer border; compare hind wing of olympia. 

 Fig. 14, a, with that of genutia, ib. b. Female, a little darker and there 

 are three blackish dots on outer margin of Innd wings above. Expands 

 l.GO to 1.70. Habitat, West Virginia, Indiana, and Nebraska. Occurs 

 as early as April. 



