AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. 21 



addition to which are eight others, three on costa. two on arc, two in 

 cell, and one in abdominal margin. 



Female. 1.2 inch. Paler red, similarly marked, spots large; under 

 side like male. 



From 1 S , 1 5 , from Oregon. Collection of Dr. IJehr. 



Chrysophanus Hermes, n. sp. 



Male. Expands ^^^ inch. Upper side pale fulvous ; costal edge 

 and hind margin of primaries brown; base obscured; on disk several 

 brown spots of which the outer ones form an irregular row across the 

 wing; a spot on arc and a second in cell. 



Secondaries have a long pointed tail ; on the margin next anal angle 

 an indistinct row of blackish spots; on the arc a recurved black stripe ; 

 surface of wing much obscured. 



Under side of primaries pale buff, the spots repeated but large and 

 more distinct; margin grayish: secondaries have the basal two-thirds 

 grayish, the margin buff clouded gray ; the disk crossed by a row 

 of black spots, those at the extremities crescent ; on the arc a black 

 streak; three small spots above in a transverse line and three others 

 near base ; at anal angle a black spot and near it others almost obsolete. 



Female. Expands 1 ,'q inch. Similar to male, the markings more 

 distinct. 



From California. 1 S , 1 9 , from the Collection of Henry Edwards, 

 Esq. 



Chrysophanus Yirginiensis, n. sp. 



Male. Expands 1.2 inch. Upper side glos.sy brown with a faint 

 purple reflection ; marginal borders fuscous; secondaries have a long 

 tail tipped with white; from anal angle to second median nervule a 

 bright fulvous stripe covering the tail and enclosing at the angle and 

 beyond the tail fuscous spots. 



Under side of both wings grey brown, somewhat clouded by whitish, 

 which, along the margins, takes the form of two parallel bands; disk 

 of primaries pale ochraceous; primaries have a small black spot at base 

 of cell, a larger midway, and a still larger on arc ; a fourth below the 

 middle spot, a doubly bent median row; all these spots slightly edged 

 with white. 



Secondaries have three spots at base, and four large spots between 

 these and middle of wing; a long streak on the arc and a discal row 

 of which the two next costa are small, subovate, the next duplex, and 



