442 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



appearing at their base; the rest of the thorax covered with metallic bronze green 

 scales, concealed by long brownish, olivaceous and mouse-brown hairs, the patagia 

 also with mingled bluish gray and reddish brown hairs ; beneath with reddish brown 

 and white hairs, the former predominating. Fore legs marked down the middle of the 

 front by a black streak, vaguely interrupted with white at the tip of the tibiae, fringed 

 lieavily on both sides with pale reddish brown and dirty yellowish white hairs ; 

 femora of other legs purplish brown, heavily flecked with pearly scales, the apex yel- 

 low ; tibiae and tarsi pale yellow with a few Ijlack scales above, especially on the tarsi, 

 tlie under surface of the latter castaneous. Spines piceous, spurs castaneous; claMs 

 ))lackish castaneous, the upper pair especially a little luteous at base within; pulvillus 

 jiiceous. 



Wings above lustrous purplisli l)lack, tlie base of tiie fore wings almost as far as 

 the mesial band and tlie whole of the hind pair, excepting in close proximity to the 

 marginal band, with a slight olivaceous reflection. Outerborder of /o»-e uunys strongly 

 sinuate, the upper portion straight, its lower angle scarcely rounded, the lower por- 

 tion broadly rounded. Third superior subcostal nervule arising as far from the base 

 of the second as that of the fourth from the tip of the wing, and twice as far as from the 

 origin of the fourth superior nervule. A f cav dull orange scales on the costal border ; 

 a slightly irregular mesial band, uniform in width (the portion in the cell half as 

 broad as long), mostly straight, curving inward below, of a bright orange color, 

 l)riglitest above, excepting next the costal edge where it is yellowish ; the outer border 

 of the band crosses the cell just within the outer limit of the latter ; next the costal 

 edge it curves inward ; below the cell, it starts from the lower outer angle of the same 

 and continues parallel to the previous portion, as far as the middle of the lower median 

 interspace ; here it begins to curve inward subparallel to the outer border and terminates 

 on the submedian nervule, rounding back upon the interior border, which, below the 

 costal nervure, has foUoAved the same course excepting tliat it crosses the median by a 

 nearly or quite straight line and in the middle of the loAver median interspace has a 

 slight projection which occasionally becomes produced into a slight stripe, breaking 

 tlie band ; in the middle of the cell, depending from the upper margin and not reaching 

 the loAver, is a transverse black subreniform bar, Avhose outer limit forms a portion of 

 the interior margin of the mesial band, edged narroAvly and inconspicuously Avith 

 orange, excepting above and occasionally beloAv ; Avithin this the cell and medio-sub- 

 median interspace are furnished frequently Avith some orange scales. Depending from 

 the costal border, midAvay betAveen the mesial band and the apex of the Aving is a trans- 

 verse bar of pure Avhite, as broad as the Avidth of the interspaces it crosses, reaching 

 the loAvest subcostal nervule and traversed by black veins ; its exterior limit is a little 

 poAvdery but its interior is sharply defined, encroaches a little on the bar at the penul- 

 timate subcostal nervure and causes it to narroAV suddenly at the costal edge; the 

 Avhole bar has a general direction betAveen that of the upper portion of the outer margin 

 and that of the mesial band; depending again from the costal margin, midAvay betAveen 

 the exterior edge of the bar just mentioned and the outer margin, is a curving series of 

 Ave Avhite spots, subparallel to the outer border, the first crossing tAvo interspaces, 

 irregularly crescent shaped, opening outAvard; the second a minute spot in the middle 

 of the next to the loAvest subcostal interspace ; the third a little larger round spot in 

 the middle of the loAvest subcostal interspace ; the fourth a larger, roundish quadi-ate 

 spot crossing the Avhole of the subcosto-median interspace, its exterior edge a little 

 more distant from the outer border than the Avidth of an interspace ; the fifth similar 

 to the third, distant from the outer border by a space fully equal to an interspace and 

 a half. Removed from the outer border by half the Avidth of an interspace, in the sub- 

 costal and median area, is a vague series of scattered violet or pinkish scales. Fringe 

 white, occasionally infringing on the margin in the middle of the interspaces, inter- 

 rupted broadly though not very abruptly at the nervure tips Avith blackish. Outer 

 margin of hind wings rather strongly and pretty uniformly rounded, bordered Avith 

 orange from the middle subcostal nervule to the submedian nerviire, to the Avidth of an 

 interspace and a half, and to a less extent in the upper subcostal interspace, where it 



