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Female. — Of the same color as the male, lacking the 

 stigma, and having two yellowish dots between the 

 branches of the median vein, and two more anteapical 

 near the costa beyond the cell. The under side has the 

 spots of the upper surface reproduced ; hind wings as in 

 the male. 



This butterfly is to be found in July, the larva feeding 

 on grass. 



New England to Montana, Kansas, Nevada. 



154. Pamphila Accius, Sm. — Abb. 



Expanse of wings 1.4 inches. 



Upper surface dark blackish brown, slightly olive- 

 tinted. Males with an oblique black stigma, with a white 

 dot at the upper end of it in the upper median interspace, 

 and three small white dots in the subcostal interspaces 

 beyond the cell. The females lack the stigma, but have 

 besides the anteapical spots an oblique row of three in 

 the median interspaces and above the submedian, the 

 middle spot the largest. 



Under side dark reddish brown, the posterior part of 

 fore wings and inner part of hind wings blackish. The 

 following parts are suffused with lilac : the outer part of 

 the fore wings, narrowing from the middle to both mar- 

 gins ; a similar space on the hind wings, also a patch in 

 the middle. The white spots of the upper surface are 

 repeated. 



Some specimens have a white spot at the end of the 

 cell of the fore wings besides those mentioned. 



The mature larva is 1.33 inches long, slender, nearly 

 white, but under the lens mottled and dotted with darker 

 lines and points, the rings on the posterior half of each 



