148 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



and in the usual absence of tails, these when present being 

 very short. Type C. hypophleas. ( Plate IX, 9.) 



381. CHRYSOPHANUS AROTA Bd. 



Tailed Copper. 

 Size, medium; one short tail. Sexes dissimilar. Above brownish, 

 red, with outer border of both wings brown. At end of central cellof 

 fore wing is a line of brown. On hind wing near inner angle are two 

 black crescents orange-ringed above and white lined below. Tail, orange, 

 Fig. 52, a. Beneath, j^ellowish on fore wing, ash}' on outer border and on 

 hind pair. There is a double sub-marginal row of white crescents on 

 fore wing, dusky lined on either side. Within these the wing is crossed 

 by three rows of black spots and the line at end of cell is repeated. On 

 hind wing are two zigzag sub-marginal bands of white, inside of which is 

 is a narrower one, dusky edged within. At end of cell are two lines, 

 and along upper border are three white-ringed black dots. The mark- 

 ings on inner angle are repeated but the crescent next angle is ashy. 

 Female differs in being pale yellowish red above, dusky bordered on out- 

 er margin of fore wing, with two rows of spots and the line at end of cell 

 all dusky ; on hind wing there is a sub-marginal row of black crescents 

 in an ashy border, all surmounted with orange ; within this is a dusky 

 line, crossing wing, and a line at end of cell. Expands 1.10 to 1.20. 

 Found in California. 



382. CHRYSOPHANUS VIRGINENSIS Edw. 



Virginia's Copper. 

 Size rather large. Tail, present. Similar to C. arota but differs 

 in larger size, and slightly indicated line at end of cell. Beneath, the 

 whole surface of both wings is ashy, the sub-marginal line of crescents 

 being confluent on fore wmgs and the band wider on hind pair and the 

 spottings are larger and more distinct. The female differs from that of 

 arota in having the sub-marginal line of black crescents on hind wing 

 reduced to two or three narrow ones near inner angle, the places of the 

 remainder being occupied by orange crescents, and the spottings are 

 larger. Expands 1.25 to 1.30. Found in California, Nevada and Colo- 

 rado. 



