ANTHOCARIS 1. 



ANTH0CARI8 KEAKIRTII. 1— t. 



Antliocaris RcaJcirtii, Edwards, Trans. Aui. Eiit. iSoc, 18GD. 



Male. Expands 1.3 to 1.5 inch. 



Up|)er side soiled white, blackish at base ; primaries have a large bright or- 

 ange apical patch, as in Sura, edged on the apex by black as in that species, with 

 seri'atcd black spots also upon the hind margin ; a narrow bar, straight, slightly 

 irregular on its edges and of nearly uniform intensity of black, crosses the wing 

 from middle of costa to inner angle ; costal edge much specked with black scales ; 

 fringe alternate white and black. 



Secondaries have three or four patches of black at tijjs of upper nervules ; 

 fringe white, black at ends of nervules. 



Under side white ; the orange spots reduced and ^jaler ; costa of j^rimaries and 

 the whole sj)ace on apex and margin outside the orange, densely covered with green 

 ])atches ; on the arc a l>ent l)ar; secondaries densely and uniformly covered from 

 base to mai'gin by large green patches. 



Female. Exj)ands 1.7 inch. Same color as male; costal margin slightly 

 specked; the orange spots paler and narrower, reaching from costa to hind margin, 

 not edged by black on inner side, lint on outer by a sinuous band, between which 

 and the apical border is a series of serrated spots, often confluent ; tlie band con- 

 nected with the triangular marginal spots by black nervures; on the arc a bent 

 bar, starting from costal edge; beneath as in the male, excejit that costa, margins 

 and secondaries are much less spotted with green. 



California. Vicinity of San Francisco. From sjjecimens in my own collec- 

 tion and those of Messrs. Reakirt and Henry Edwards, and Dr. Behr. 



The distinctness of the j^resent species from Sara was first pointed out to me 

 l»y 3Ir. Reakirt and I have since learned that our Californian lejiidopterists had 

 assured themselves of the same thing. But I am not at all certain that this is not 

 the species intended to be described by Dr. Boisduval. His descrii^tion applies 

 equally well to either form, but as our collectors have agreed in calling the larger 

 Sara, I have no hesitation in following them. 



The males of the two species much resemble each other on the upper side ex- 

 cept in size, Sara expanding more by three or four tenths. In Sara S the black 

 discal band is waved and of faint color. In Sara ? the discal bar is separated from 

 the costa. In Rcak'irtiiS the costal margin of primaries is always irrorated, and the 

 margin of secondaries is never without black spots. On the under side it is much 



