978 THE BUTTERFLIES OF NEW ENGLAND. 



sabmedian nerviire and scattered fuscous scales In the basal half of the cell and the 

 bases of the median and inedio-submedian interspaces ; the termination of the cell is 

 marked by a narrow ( J ) or broad and distinct ( $ ) transverse blaclv stripe ; a trans- 

 verse blackish spot in the middle of the outer two-thirds of the cell, not reaching 

 either nervule, and a similar one below it, just beneatli the first divarication of the 

 median nervure, one sometimes as distinct (though never so large) in the male as in 

 the female, but besides there are a number of spots, either rather large and very dis- 

 tinct ( $ ) or much smaller and very faint — as if they were only spots of the under 

 surface appearing above by the partial transparency of the wings (<J); such are a 

 small spot in the middle of the basal two-thirds of the cell and a transverse series of 

 seven black spots in the middle of tlA outer half of the wing, often followed, in the 

 female, by a sprinkling of blackish scales to a considerable distance on the inner side; 

 the upper four, in the interspaces above the median nervure, are arranged in a nearly 

 straight line, the third a very little outside of it, placed at an angle of about 140° 

 with the costal border, the fourth spot in the centre of the subcosto-median inter- 

 space ; the sixth spot is in the middle of the lower median interspace and a little 

 outside of the fifth in the interspace above; the lowest is double, seldom obsolete, 

 below and a little within the sixth ; outer border narrowly edged with black, impart- 

 ing its depth of color to the base of the fringe, which beyond is pale fuscous, mixed 

 with blackish. Outer margin of the hind leings slightly and roundly emarginate in 

 the medio-submedian interspace, especially in the female. Color of hind wings 

 slightly grayish black brown, a little paler in the male than in the female and 

 possessed also of a very slight olivaceous reflection, the base of the median area with 

 numerous long, pale brownish fulvous hairs ; the extremity of tlie cell marked by a 

 narrow, blackish streak, often broken in the middle; in the middle of the outer and 

 of the inner two-thirds of the cell a rather small, round, obscure, sometimes obsolete, 

 blackish fuscous spot ; a similar one in the upper portion of the costo-subcostal inter- 

 space, just within the first divarication of the subcostal nervure, and another in the 

 middle of the medio-submedian interspace, a little beyond the base of the lowest 

 median nervule; a transverse series of eight similar roundish spots, often very 

 obscure, crossing the middle of the outer half of the wing; the upper three, in the 

 lower subcostal interspaces, are in a straight row, the uppermost as far from the 

 inner spot of the costo-subcostal interspace as it is from the base of the interspace ; 

 the third in the centre of the lower subcostal interspace ; the fourth in that of the 

 subcosto-median interspace; the sixth nearly on a line with the third and fourth, 

 while the fifth is removed inward from that line by its own width, the seventh and 

 eighth side by side in the medio-submedian interspace and, with the sixth, parallel to 

 the outer border; at the tip of the submedio-lnternal interspace is an oblique streak, 

 seldom seen, within the row of spots ; the outer border is conspicuously marked by a 

 broad, orange margin, slightly broader in the female than in the male, extending from 

 the inner border, narrowing slightly (at least in the male) to the middle subcostal 

 nervule and sometimes, to a slight degree, upon the interspace above; it does not 

 quite reach the border, being separated by a narrow black margin, upon which are 

 seated, in the interspaces and at the outer limit of the orange belt, rather small, 

 round, black spots ; two or three obscure, black spots are sometimes seen seated upon 

 the interior border of the orange belt in the subcostal and subcosto-median inter- 

 spaces ; basal half of fringe black ; beyond white, interrupted narrowly at the 

 nervure tips with black or blackish fuscous, most distinctly on the lower half of the 

 wing. 



Beneath : Fore winr/s pale ( $ ) or very pale ((f) orange, the black markings of. the 

 basal three-quarters of the upper surface repeated, but slightly smaller; there is a 

 submarginal series of subsemilunar spots, the straiglit side outermost, at a distance of 

 an interspace from the outer border; beyond tliis, the outer border, at least in the 

 upper two-thirds of the wing, is silvery gray, enclosing, in the interspaces, next the 

 margin, but more distinctly below than above, a series of small, irregular, blackish 

 spots ; outer mai\gin delicately edged with black, extending upon the base of the fringe, 



