136 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



and is almost wholly wanting on the hind wings of the 

 females. 

 Maine. 



27. Terias Nicippe, Cram. 



Expanse of wings from 1.6 to 1.9 inches. 



Upper surface orange ; a black terminal band in the 

 males unbroken from the posterior angle of the fore 

 wings to the base of the costa, but broadest at the apex ; 

 the basal portion on the costa washed with yellow. On 

 the hind wings the border extends from apex to anal 

 angle, the inner edge irregular. Inner margin of hind 

 wings yellow. 



The female has the border of the fore wings broken 

 at the posterior angle, and the anal half of the border to 

 the hind wings is so much suffused with orange as to 

 leave only scattering black scales, most numerous on 

 the veins. There is a narrow black discal spot on the 

 fore wings of both sexes. 



This species may vary from the color given above to 

 sulphur-yellow, but orange is the color of most speci- 

 mens. 



Under side of the hind wings canary-yellow, the fore 

 wings yellow along the costa and terminal border, the 

 rest orange. Males with a brown spot on the costa of 

 hind wings two-thirds the length from the body out, 

 and brown scales scattered over the surface ; discal spot 

 of fore wings not prominent. Females have a white 

 space towards the outer end of the hind wings enclosed 

 in a subterminal row of brown spots, the first two united 

 and continued obliquely inward nearly across the white 

 space ; on the inside three spots in a row, the middle of 



