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a small yellow spot enclosed. This patch, the stigma, 

 and the dusky base form a continuous line. 



The hind wings have the outer border narrower than 

 the border of the fore wings, but have broad inner and 

 postal borders ; veins dark, with some shading at the end 

 of the cell. 



Under side somewhat paler than the upper, the fore 

 wings blackish below the cell and along the hind margin, 

 a band of paler yellow beyond the middle, the posterior 

 spots expanded. Hind wings with a broad subregular 

 subterminal band, and a patch in the cell ; all indistinct. 



Female. — The fore wings dark brown, the outer two 

 thirds of cell pale yellow, and some yellow suifusion in 

 front of this. There is the usual row of spots marking 

 the outer third : the first three oblong ; the fourth ob- 

 scure ; the fifth triangular ; the sixth oblong ; the seventh 

 subquadrate, convex within, concave without ; the eighth 

 irregular. The hind wings have a patch at the end of 

 the cell, and a band of five spots beyond, the first a little 

 out of line with the others ; the ground color the same 

 as that of the fore wings. 



The under side is marked as in the male, but the sur- 

 face is more fuscous, except the anal portion of the hind 

 wings and the anterior basal portion of the fore wings, 

 which are but little darker than in the males. 



Like many other species of Pamphila, this feeds on 

 grass in the larval state. The eggs are, according to Mr. 

 Scudder, of a pale yellowish-green color, strongly convex 

 above, and with the base flattened. The surface appears 

 smooth under a lens, but under a power of eighty diam- 

 eters is seen to be faintly reticulated. The egg period 

 lasts eight or ten days. The young larva is .1 of an 



