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the outer two thirds of the cell, and the space in front 

 of that, nearly clear yellow ; below the cell an oblique, 

 sinuous, velvety-black sex-mark ; and below this a nearly 

 round brownish-olive patch. The outer third is sprinkled 

 with yellow scales, and contains the outer row of spots 

 found on the wing of the female, the seventh spot partly 

 lost in the olive patch. The hind wings are similar to 

 those of the female, but are sprinkled with yellow. 

 Under side the same as in the female. 



According to Professor Fernald, this species feeds on 

 grass. The eggs are pale greenish yellow, strongly con- 

 vex above, and flattened at the base, and the surface is 

 faintly reticulated. They hatch in fourteen days. The 

 young larva is .1 of an inch long, with a large shining 

 black head. The body is dull brownish yellow, dotted 

 with black, with a ring of brownish black on the second 

 segment. Under side paler than the upper, and the whole 

 surface clothed with fine hairs. The butterfly is on the 

 wing from June to July. 



New England to Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia, 

 Kansas. 



147. Pamphila Mystic, Scud. 



Expanse of wings from 1.1 to 1.2 inches. 



Male. — Upper surface yellow, slightly brownish- 

 tinted ; an outer border of dark blackish brown, about 

 one-fourth the length of the wing, not crenate on its inner 

 edge, but receding a little opposite the cell of the fore 

 wings and at the apex ; base dusky. Stigma oblique, 

 black, slender, with a blackish patch below it, and an 

 irregular patch from the end of the cell outward, the 

 corners of which connect with the outer border, leaving 



