EASTERN UNITED STATES. 379 



Chrysalis. — Covered with a white powder. The larva 

 feeds on leguminous plants, — Phaseolus perennis and 

 Clitoida Mariana. 



Southern States ; occasionally in New York. 



198. Erycides Batabano, Lef. 



Expanse of wings from 2.3 to 2.6 inches. 



Male. — Upper surface deep smoky brown, with a 

 pronounced indigo-violet reflection. Fore wings with- 

 out markings, other than a few scattering blue or green 

 scales about the base of the wings. Fringes concol- 

 orous. 



Hind wings with a row of brilliant blue or green 

 elongated submarginal spots, more or less confluent, in- 

 terrupted by the veins, and becoming obsolete towards 

 the costal margin. Fringes with some white in the 

 intervenular spaces. 



Under side of fore wings paler, with a purplish cast, 

 a few blue or green scales along the costa, about the 

 base, and near the posterior angle. Hind wings much 

 like the upper side, but deeper, the purplish reflection 

 at the costal margin gradually changing to deep indigo 

 as it approaches the abdominal folds; a few blue or 

 green scales in the median space and along the inner 

 margin. Submarginal spots as above, but brighter. 



Female. — Upper side paler than in the male, gradu- 

 ally growing deeper over both wings until nearly black 

 at the anal angle, both wings with a faint purplish re- 

 flection in certain lights. Markings on the hind wings 

 like those of the male. Beneath differing from the male 

 only in its paler color, and in having a purple reflection, 

 which is more prominent than on the upper side. 



