282 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



is a considerable depression, around which the indenta- 

 tions are small, increasing in size as they approach the 

 base. 



The food-plant is dock, Rumex crispus, and there are 

 two broods in a season. 



Maine to Nebraska, Ohio, Kansas, Colorado. 



119. Chrysophanus Epixanthe, Bd. — Lee. 



Expanse of wings from .85 to 1 inch. 



Upper surface of the male brown, with a strong violet 

 reflection, the female more grayish brown, with little of 

 the violet reflection. The spots of the under side, except 

 the subterminal row, show through somewhat ; and there 

 is a sinuous orange fulvous line from the anal angle of 

 the hind wings along the margin, fading out about the 

 middle. 



Under side yellowish gray, the hind wings of the male 

 but little yellow-tinted. The orange fulvous line is re- 

 peated, only more distinctly, with scarcely a trace of a 

 subterminal row of black spots on the hind wings. On 

 the fore wings are three large spots of this row from the 

 posterior angle towards the apex. The discal row of spots 

 on the fore wings is distinct, as are also the two spots 

 and bar of the cell, and the one below the cell. On the 

 hind wings the spots are all small, with the bar across 

 the cell absent, as also one subcostal spot. 



According to Mr. Saunders, the eggs are nearly round, 

 slightly flattened at the apex, flattened also at the base. 

 Color milk-white, thickly indented ; a deep depression 

 at the apex, and around this a number of indentations, 

 which are nearly uniform in size all the way to the 

 base, — in this respect differing from the eggs of Thoe. 



