COLIAS II. 

 COLIAS BEHRII. 5—7. 



Coliaa Bchn'i. £ 9 . KdwarJs, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 201. 1866. 



Male. Expands 1.5 inch. 



U|)pcr side greenish-yellow, much sprinkled with minute black scales, especi- 

 ally on primaries ; base of wings black ; hind margin of primaries broadly edged 

 with black, which is covered with greenish-yellow scales and not clearly defined on 

 the inner side ; the marginal border of secondaries is clear black, of medium width, 

 well defined on inner side, curving regularly, with no prominent projections, and 

 terminating a little short of the anal angle; costa of primaries rose-colored; discal 

 spot a minute yellow streak edged with black scales ; discal spot of secondaries 

 small, round and yellow ; fringes greenish-yellow. 



Under side greenish-yellow, paler than secondaries above, entirely specked 

 with black scales, except on inner margin of primaries, where the color is whitish ; 

 discal spot of primaries a yellow streak, of secondaries minute, yellow, edged with 

 a few rosy scales ; costa of each wing rose-colored ; abdomen and palpi greenish- 

 yellow ; legs and antennsB rose-colored. 



Female. A little larger than the male, paler green, the marginal black bor- 

 der less distinct and more expanded at apex of primaries ; fringes both above and 

 below roseate, in contrast to the fringes of the male, which are yellow. 



From two males, and one female, received from Dr. Herman Behr, San Fran- 

 cisco, and taken by members of the State Geological Survey among the Yo Se- 

 mite mountains, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet above the sea. 



