302 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



obsolete, subrnarginal crescentic in form. On each side of 

 the submarginal row of spots is a range of oval fuscous 

 spots, subconnected. 



Under side reddish brown, with the terminal margin 

 gray. The fore wings have the fuscous spots of the sub- 

 marginal band and marginal row as on the upper surface ; 

 of the discal band the spots in the cell are alone obscurely 

 visible ; the basal ones are lost in the general color. The 

 marginal brown spots below the subcostal venules rest 

 centrally on elliptical gray patches, while those of the 

 hind wings approach a semioval form, and are preceded 

 by gray crescents, which nearly enclose them by uniting 

 with some marginal gray scales ; at the tips of these 

 crescents a submarginal row of fuscous spots is obscurely 

 seen. Discal spot obsolete. 



Middle States, "West Virginia. 



185. Nisoniades Martialis, Scud. 



Expanse of wings 1.5 inches. 



Upper surface of female blackish towards the tip of the 

 fore wings, the rest slightly grayish. Near the base of 

 the cell a dark blackish-brown spot, and beyond this the 

 mesial and submarginal bands of spots of the same color, 

 the first obscure on the costa and broken on the median 

 vein, the last spot being placed farther towards the base, 

 so as to be out of line with the others. On the upper 

 outer point in the cell is a somewhat elongate white hya- 

 line spot, expanded externally and posteriorly, and on 

 the lower point traces of a second spot. Submarginal 

 row as in N. Persius, but the hyaline spots much larger, 

 the one in spot 8 being twice as long as broad, and the 

 hour-glass spots above the submedian vein have pale 



