COLIAS VI. 



COLIAS EDWARDSII, (Belir i.i lit.). 1—5. 



Male. Expands 2.1 inches. 



Upper side bright lemon yellow, color of Alexandra ; base of wings slightly 

 powdered with black scales; primaries have a narrow, black, marginal l)and, the 

 inner edge of wliich is nearly regular, extending a litth' way on costa, and on in- 

 ner margin jirojecting a short attenuated spur ; this baud cut nearly to the fringe 

 by the yellow nervules ; diseal spot black, subovate ; costal edge and apical part of 

 fringe roseate, at and above inner angle yellow. Secondaries have a narrow mar- 

 ginal band terminating at the lower branch of median, cut by the nervules, nearly 

 regular within, there being only slight projections on the nervules ; diseal sjwt 

 wanting ; fringe yellow. 



Under side of primaries pale 3'ollow, fading towards hind margin and still 

 more on inner margin ; diseal spot black with a few roseate scales in centre ; cos- 

 tal margin slightly covered with l)lack scales. Secondaries much covered with 

 same scales, most densely at base and in middle of disk ; ground color very pale 

 yellow ; at base of median a small roseate spot ; diseal spot of medium size, marga- 

 ritaceous, with rosy scales about its edge ; fringes as above ; costal edges of both 

 wings roseate. 



Body above, lemon yellow, beneath inclining to whitish ; palpi whitish ; legs 

 pale roseate; antenuie roseate; club brown above, ochrey yellow beneath and at ti]). 



Femalk. Expands 2.3 inches. 



Upjser side same color as male ; hind nuirgin of primaries has a broad, incom- 

 plete border, represented at inner angle by a few scales only ; diseal spot as in male, 

 but with a few scales only in centre. 



Secondaries have a large, rounded, orange sjjot on disk, without ring ; beneath 

 as in male, except that secondaries are more densely powdered with black, giving 

 a grey shade to the wing ; diseal spot larger, distinct, edged with roseate ; fringe 

 of primaries, above and below, pale roseate, except at the inner angle of primaries ; 

 costal edge of secondaries, and both hind and abdominal margins fringed with roseate. 



Variety A, $ Color nuu-h paler ; primaries have a narrow border of sep- 

 arated scales edging the whole margin, ex])anded on costa into a large })atch; 

 diseal spot of primaries pure black, of secondaries orange ; beneath as in the type. 



One male, two females, from the collection of Di'. Behr, taken near Virginia 

 City, at high elevations, and named by Dr. Behr in honor of Henry Edwards, 

 Esq., of San Francisco. 



This species belongs to the same group as Alexandra and Emilia. 



