EASTERN UNITED STATES. 283 



Food-plant unknown, but probably dock. The butter- 

 fly flies through the last of June and early part of July. 

 Maine, New England, Kansas. 



120. Chrysophanus Hypophleas, Bd. 



Expanse of wings from .9 to 1 inch. 



Upper surface of fore wings shining fulvous, with a 

 blackish brown border, narrow on the costa and hind 

 margin. Beyond the cell is a row of prominent black 

 spots, the first three and the other four in sets nearly 

 confluent; a spot and bar in the cell. Hind wings 

 blackish brown, with a terminal fulvous band, not reach- 

 ing the apex, containing four black spots on the edge ; at 

 the end of the cell a black bar. 



Under side of fore wings fulvous, paler than above, 

 the apex and the whole of hind wing gray, the gray of 

 fore wings narrowing backward to the posterior angle. 

 The spots of the upper surface are repeated, with some of 

 the terminal border of the fore wings. The hind wings 

 have two subcostal black spots, two spots in the cell and 

 a narrow bar at the end, and a spot below the cell, be- 

 sides the usual curved and sinuous discal row, the spots 

 of this row white outside. Along the outer margin is a 

 crenate orange-red line, shaded within with faint reddish, 

 the whole between two faint rows of blackish spots. 



Aberr. var. Fasciata, Strecker, has the transverse 

 row of spots on the fore wings much enlarged, 

 and blended together so as to make an irreg- ^^J^' 

 ular band. ^^^^ 



The egg (Fig. 75) is shaped and marked c. Hypophieas, 

 like that of the other species, as shown in the ®s^' ^ ^^• 

 figure. It is pale green, overlaid with a white net-work 



