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velldwis!! tint, icddish bctweiMi the aiiiennfc. A dark streak on each side of 

 prothorax, and a long, narrow, dark-brown slash on the patagia. Both wings 

 of a rich golden-yellow, \vi(h dusky slate-brown margins. Fore ^vings willi 

 the costa pah; slate-color, checkered l>roadly with five large, stpiare, \vhit(^ 

 si)ots, and two minute, whitish, linear spots near the apex. Outer edge dusky, 

 the dark margin narrowing toward 1 he inner edge. Fringe very long and slate- 

 colored, check(;red conspicuously with white. Hind wings like fore wings; 

 the costa is narrowly edged with slate. Beneath, the wings are brightly 

 colored; the anterior pair dull golden-yellow, with a reddish tinge on the costal 

 side. Borders of tin; wing checkered very conspicuously as above; the apex, 

 however, whitisli. Hind wings |)alc tliwu-colored, marl)led with white, with a 

 costo-apical, oltlong (transversely), white sfiot, and a lai'ge, s(piare, white spot 

 in the middle of tiie wing below; costa marbled with whitish, abdomen pale 

 fawn-color, like the tliorax. 



Length of l)ody, 9,0.4.'3; of fore wing, 9, 0(14; expanse of wings, l.;-iO 



inclies. 



Arizona (Dr. Palmer, Department of Agriculture). 



Though tliis species is described from Arizona, it may l)e confidently 

 looked for in Soutlun-n Colorado. The species is so remarkable that I venture 

 to describe it from a single individual. It may be readily recognized by its 

 rich golden-yellow wings, the checkered costa of the anterior pair, and the 

 broad dusky mai-gin of both wings, while the hind wings beneath an^ beauti- 

 fully marl)led. 



PHASIANE Duponch.'l. Plat.' 3, fig. 5. 



I'lKisinnc Dup. (in luut), Lrp. Fiaiic-i', viii (i\ ), lU'J, 1^29; viii (v), 14.'), ISoU. 



EuboUa Boisd. (in part), Gen. Ind., -201, IS40. 



i'Vdonirt H.-Scli. (in part), iii, 64, lS4t). 



Phashiiic Leclerc 1- (in part), Vcrli. Bot. Zonl. Ges. Wien, 23:?, 1853. 



Tipln-uia Giien. (in part), I'lial., ii,9G, 1S57. 



Walk, (in part). List Lcp. Met. Br. Mus., xxiii, 'J51, 18(il. 



Male antennjc either slightly pectinated, or simple and slightly ciliated; 

 female simple. Palpi st!)ut, of modeiate length ; third joint pointed, porrect, 

 ])assing beyond the fi-on( by a distance twice tiie length of the ihird joint. 

 .\ short frontal lufl lietween the palpi. Fore wings subfalcate, the apex 

 subacute; cosia st raiglit, i he outei' edge slightly bent, flind wings square, 

 being l)ent just Ix^low liu' ajiex, whicli is well rounded, and again on the 

 first median, whilr liie inner angle is rectangular. 'J'lie venation is very 



