202 WM. H. EDWARDS, 



Ucsoriptioii of new species of DIURNAL. liEPIDOI'TKKA, 

 round withiu the United .States and British X. A. 



BY W. H. EDWARDS. 



<^olias Eriphyle, n. sp. 



Male. — Expands 1.7 to 2 inches. Upper side canary yellow, very 

 little dusted with black at base of both wings, slightly on cn<;tal 

 tuargin of primaries, and over basal part of cell and of the submedian 

 interspace, on secondaries; the costal margin of primaries immediately 

 at base orange tinted, sometimes decidedly ; primaries have the mar- 

 ginal border pale black, thickly dusted with yellow, varying in width 

 from narrow to broad, either crenated within or nearly even edged, 

 curved but slightly at apex when broad, roundly when narrow, ex- 

 tending in either case but a little way along costal margin, projecting 

 a short, excavated spur on inner margin, usually cut to the edge of 

 the wing throughout by the yellow nervules, but sometimes not quite 

 to the edge ; these nervules always especially conspicuous on the 

 apical area; discal spot small, black, sometimes containing a few 

 yellow scales, subovate, often almost obsolete, represented by a few 

 black scales only, or by a fine line. Secondaries have the marginal 

 border rather broad, commencing above the upper branch of subcostal 

 and terminating bluntly at the lower branch of median, irregular 

 within, cut by the yellow nervules as on primaries; discal spot small, 

 round, deep orange, rarely accompanied by a second spot, which when 

 present is minute; fringe mixed yellow and roseate. 



Under side deep orange yellow, uniform over both wings, except on 

 inner margin and adjoining area of primaries, where the color is pale 

 yellow ; both wings usually without the oxtra-discal scries of brown 

 clusters of scales, common to many species of this genus, but some- 

 times one, two or three minute clusters appear, and rarely a more full 

 scries, though in none of the individuals examined, is the series com- 

 plete; discal spot of primaries very small, black, with a central yellow 

 mark, which varies from a few scales to a streak or even an irregular 

 spot; secondaries have the discal spots pearly white with a few roseate 

 scales, or it is altogether and strongly roseate, ringed narrowly by fer- 

 ruginous, which occasionally is surrounded, by a very pale ferruginous 

 narrow border; in no case does there appear the broad irregular patch 

 about this spot which is characteristic of Philodice ; very rarely there 

 is a second spot, which is merely a ferruginous point on paler ground ; 

 at the outer angle a minute cluster of brown scales, often obsolete; 

 and at base a small roseate patch. 



