PHYCIODES I., II. 



of cell ; there is great variation, however, in the extent of the black surface, 

 the bands and lines often being so heavy as to render the surface of both wings 

 !ar£!:ely black ; in others the basal and extra-discal markings are small and at- 

 tenuated, the reticulations distinct ; fringes black mixed with cinereous, and 

 sometimes with a little white at apex of primaries. 



Under side of primaries pale fulvous, dull yellow on costa and at apex, bright 

 yellow on middle of hind margin ; often also a lilaceous tint suffuses the margin ; 

 the rest of the margin brown ; a submarginal ferruginous crenated line crosses 

 the entire wing and at the apex is a second similar and anterior to the other ; 

 at the inner angle is a large black patch ; the patches on costa and inner margin 

 repeated, reduced ; and a second one on costa half way from cell to apex ; the 

 outlines of the spots on basal area are seen indistinctly. 



Under side of secondaries has the hind margin bordered by a double crenated 

 line, making a complete series of long and narrow submarginal crescents, of 

 which the middle one is most conspicuous ; on the extra-discal area a series of 

 small brown spots, corresponding to the pupils of the fulvous spots above ; the 

 basal area limited on the middle of the disk by two irregular lines, partly wavy, 

 partly angular, and differing much in individuals, forming a transverse band 

 more or less pronounced ; anterior to these are several other wavy lines to base ; 

 all these usually ferruginous, sometimes brown ; a brown cloud covers more or 

 less of the marginal area ; on middle of costal margin a brown or ferruginous 

 patch, and another on disk, both often nearly obsolete ; the ground color of the 

 wing varies much, being sometimes deep yellow, sometimes buff, or brown, or 

 brown with much white over basal area, with more or less of a lilac tint ; some- 

 times the whole wing is tinted with ferruginous. 



Body above black ; beneath, thorax and abdomen white, the latter yellowish at 

 extremity ; legs fulvous, the inner side of the femora white ; palpi white at 

 base, buff above, black on upper side ; antenna? black, gray beneath, and ringed 

 with white ; club black tipped with fulvous. 



Female. — Expands from 1.5 to 1.7 inch. 



Upper side very much as in the male, varying in similar manner, but never so 

 denuded of black as is often seen in the male ; in many examples the sinuous 

 discal band of primaries is yellow-ochraceous instead of fulvous, and the spots of 

 the outer series are partially pupillated. The under side shows similar variations 

 to that of the male, but more extreme, the coloration being more intense, the 

 band more distinct, and the dark areas more extended. 



The ornamentation of the under side of secondaries indicates at least four 

 principal varieties of this form of the species, distinct at the extremes in both 

 sexes, and with many intergrades. The variation of primaries and of upper 



