CHRYSOPHANUS I. 



CHRYSOPHANUS RUBIDUS, 1—3. 



Chrysophaniis vuliiilus Vwhr. rrur. Ent. Sue. I'hil. ISiJG, p. 208. 



Male. — Expands 1.3-3 incli. 



Upper side l)riglit co]iper-red, secondaries only having a narrow marginal 

 border of paler color ; on arc of primaries a fuscous ))ar and in cell a spot ; on 

 arc of secondaries a streak ; otherwise immaculate except as the sj^ots of imder 

 side are faintly seen through the delicate wings ; hind margins edged by a black 

 line ; fringes gray-white. 



Under side Ijufl"; primaries have a sub-marginal row of Ijrown spots, wanting 

 apically ; a sinuous row of six rounded black spots across disk, the sixth duplex ; 

 a bar on arc, two spots in cell and one below cell ; secondaries immaculate. 



Body fuscous, beneath bufi"; legs and palpi butf; antenna} annulated with black 

 and white ; club fuscous, tip fulvous. 



FeMxVLE. — Same size. 



Upper side yellow-fulvous ; secondaries much obscured by fuscous, especially 

 next base and just anterior to the red marginal border; primaries have a similar 

 border preceded by a fuscous band ; the extra-discal row of spots distinct ; a 

 large spot on arc and one in cell ; secondaries have a discal streak and four spots 

 beyond, part of an incomplete transverse row ; under side as in the male. 



This species wa.s originally taken in Oregon by Professor Gabb. while engaged 

 in a geological survey, but from what locality is not known. It is also among 

 the butterHies collected in Montana, by Dr. Hayden's expedition of 1870. 



