176 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



51. Phyciodes Phaon, Edw. 



Expanse of wings from 1 to 1.4 inches. 



Upper surface of fore wings fulvous, the base, costa, 

 hind margin, outer margin, and a band through the 

 middle black. The basal half of wing contains several 

 irregular black marks, and the median black band is 

 expanded on the costa and hind margin. Beyond the 

 median band there are two light bands crossed by the 

 black veins and separated by a black shade which expands 

 into a triangle on the costa and hind margin. The first 

 light band is pale fulvous, almost buff; the second is the 

 same fulvous as the ground color, and contains a black 

 dot near the pasterior angle. The outer edge brownish 

 black, with a pale lunule in the middle of i\\Q border. 



Hind wings similar to the fore wings, only the inner 

 margin is fulvous, the median black band is narrower, 

 both light bands are fulvous, and the outer con tarns a 

 row of black dots. In most specimens there are only 

 a few narrow whitish lunules near the anal angle, but 

 sometimes these continue to the apex. 



The under side of fore wings is orange fulvous, the 

 basal half marked with a darker shade, the median 

 black band as above, and also the two light bands, only 

 the inner is more whitish and the shade separating them 

 is obliterate except the triangles. Terminal border black, 

 pale at the edge, with a crenate black line near the edge, 

 and a pale yellow patch in the middle, and one at each 

 end. 



There are two forms of this having the under side of 

 hind wings differently colored. The winter form is pale 

 buff washed with umber-brown, the basal half witli more 



