154 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



396. CHRYSOPHANUS CUPREUS Edw. 

 FiREY Copper. 

 Size, small. Hind wings, rounded as in the type, C. hypophelas. 

 Above bright reddish orange with a narrow border of black. There is 

 an outer row of spots faintly indicated by small dots and lines, a spot 

 at end of cell in both wings and a spot in cell of fore pair. Female with 

 spots larger. Much paler beneath, with the hind wings sprinkled with 

 grayish. Spots repeated and white-ringed, there are two extra rows at 

 base of fore pair and a sub-marginal row crossing both wings. Expands 

 1.30. Found in Shasta, California, and Oregon. 



397. CHRYSOPHANUS SNOWI Edw. 



Snow's Copper. 

 Size, small; no tails. Coppery red above; outer margin broadly 

 dusky bordered and upper margin of fore wings more narrowly. There 

 is common line of black dots, and outside this on hind wings is an in- 

 distinct line ; there is a long bar at end of central cell and a small dot 

 in cell. Reddish brown beneath, on center of fore wing ; the spots are 

 repeated, a little larger, and there is an extra row of small sub-margin- 

 al spots. At end of cell are two round spots. Hind wings gray, tinged 

 with reddish; a sub-marginal line of black spots, the one next to inner 

 angle largest, and nearly covered with orange ; the next two a little 

 dusted with orange, and below each of these is a black point. Spot at 

 end of cell repeated, and there are three spots in cell, and one on upper 

 margin. Female paler and more yellowish below. Expands 1.20. 

 Found in Colorado. 



398. HARYSOPHANUS RUBIDUS Behr. 

 Behr's Copper. 

 Size, large. Above bright coppery red, strongly tinged with violet. 

 Fringed with white and bordered with a narrow line of black, then by 

 a line of paler red than that of the surface. On fore wings are faintly 

 indicated spots which show clearly below. Hind wings unspotted on 

 both surfaces. Beneath, pale buff, with fore wings spotted as in the 

 Fig. Co, c. Expands from 1.10 to 1.20. Found in Oregon, Nevada, 

 and Montana. 



