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a rosy spot at the base of the wing and a dark one on 

 each side of the costal vein in line ; the second, passing 

 obliquely through nearly the middle of the cell, contains 

 three geminate spots ; the third, not quite in a straight 

 line, contains the spot at the end of the cell, which is 

 composed of several small spots ; the fourth, submarginal, 

 consists of four elongate, irregular patches, the third near- 

 est the margin. Besides these, both wings are sparsely 

 sprinkled with orange scales. The margin of each wing 

 is edged with a fine line, with orange-brown points at the 

 ends of most of the veins. 



Female. — About three forms of this sex are to be 

 met with. One is of the same color above as the male, 

 with a dark brown round spot at the end of the cell, 

 nearly divided by a rosy orange line; and a brown 

 edging along the outer margin of the fore wings, with 

 small spots at the ends of the veins, these being mere 

 points on the hind wings, and the edge orange. Another 

 form is dirty whitish yellow, the discal spot a little 

 larger ; and both wings have a terminal border of quite 

 prominent, slightly lunate spots, there being four or 

 five small clusters of scales within the margin in the 

 subcostal and discal interspaces. Another form is more 

 like the first, but less clear yellow. A fourth form is 

 smaller than the others, expanding about two inches. 

 In this the general color is darker than in the male, with 

 the hind wings considerably orange-tinted. The spot at 

 end of cell is fully twice as large as in the first, with the 

 central spot shorter and broader, the outer border broader 

 than in the second form, some of the spots approaching 

 conical, with, on the fore wings, the three series of three 

 spots each of the under side represented by small patches 



