1128 THE BUTTERFLIES OK NEW ENGLAND. 



vules cut dcUcalL' yoUow lines ; in the $ tlio inner bortler of tliis Ijaud is sliarijly delhied 

 and cremilatc and , starting from just before tlic tip of tlie first superior subcostal nervule 

 runs in a pretty regular arc past the tliird superior subcostal nervule, at about midway i 

 between its base and divarication, to tlie lowest subcostal nervule, at about tlie middle 

 of its apical four-fifths; below this it runs parallel to the outer border as far as the 

 subniedian nervule and then curves towards the base, terminating on the inner border 

 as far from the inner border of the band in the interspace above as tliat from the 

 outer border; in the ? the inner border is vaguely defined and is formed of two 

 nearly straight litics bent at a considerable angle at the upper median nervule; the 

 upper starts from scarcely beyond the middle of the outer four-Hfths of the costal 

 border, crosses the base of the third superior subcostal nervule and strikes the upper 

 median nervule not far beyond its middle ; the lower follows parallel to the outer 

 border of the wing with a considerable bow opening inwards in the medio-submediau 

 interspace and then curves toward the base, though not usually so considerably as in 

 the $ . 'Within the border, in the ? only and generally nearer its inner than its outer 

 border, are six vaguely defined, pretty large, roundish, yellow spots; those in the 

 lower subcostal and subcosto-median interspaces are nearly confluent, that in the 

 medio-submedian interspace is in the middle of its upper half and in the upper 

 median interspace none is present or only "a few scattered scales forming a vague 

 spot. Fringe dull pink on the upper two-thirds of the outer border, with a yellowish 

 extreme base, pale yellow on the lower part. Hind wings broadly though not very 

 heavily begrimed with fuscous scales on either, but especially on the lower, side of the 

 median nervure, on the basal two-thirds to three-fourths of the wing; the central spot 

 of the lower surface shows above as a circular reddish orange spot, sometimes ac- 

 companied by a smaller one close to the liase of the lower subcostal interspace ; 

 the outer border is broadly margined, as in the fore wing, especially above, broadest 

 in the lower subcostal interspace, narrowing toward either end, of the same color as 

 in the fore wing }■ in the ^ the inner border is irregularly crenulate and reaches from 

 the tip of the costal nervnre to the middle of the medio-submedian interspace; in 

 the $ its breadth compares to that of the border of the fore wing, but it embraces a 

 series of large roundish spots of the color of the central parts of the wing, so near 

 the interior border as to break it up, and apparently to remove it much nearer the edge 

 of the wing, excepting above the lower subcostal nervule where its real limits can 

 be detected ; it has in either part of the wing a vaguely defined limit as in the fore wing 

 and reaches the tip of the costal nervure above and generally dies away before at- 

 taining the lowest median nervule below. The inner border as w'ell as to a lesser 

 extent the costal margin is broadly pale greenish yellow, devoid of dark fleckings. 

 Fringe pale yellow, more or less tinged with faint pinkish, deepening into pale pink 

 on the lower half of the wing. 



Beneath deep (J) or pale ($) lemon yellow, the hind wings in the 2 sometimes (in 

 Californian specimens) dull, very pale gray green. Fore loings : the costal edge pink : 

 costal border broadly, lightly and nearly uniformly flecked with griseous. as far as the 

 tip of the costal nervure. and nearly half way across the cell ; similar flecking is 

 found to a greater or less extent in the basal half of the median interspaces anil their 

 vicinity ; the tip of the cell is marked by a transverse, black patch, rather slender oval 

 in the (J, broadly oval or triangular its apex outward in the $ . extending from the 

 subcostal three-fourths of the way to the median nervule, having a white centre, which 

 is almo.st always linear in the $ . ovate or triangular in the ^ ; parallel to the outer 

 border is a transverse series of usually not very large, blackish brown, vaguely 

 defined, roundish spots, usually more distinct in ,J than in $, situated at two 

 interspaces' width from the outer border in the lower subcostal, median and 

 medio-submedian interspaces, and seldom in the subcosto-median interspace; a 

 continuation of the series, generally absent from the ? , and not infrequently in 

 part at least from the $ , is found in the other subcostal intersi)aces curving 

 strongly toward the base in passing upward, so that all except the lowest of them 

 are almost seated on the costal border. Fringe piuk, as far upward as the lowest 



