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round fiiscous spots ; fringes long, pure white, except at 

 the outer angle of the fore wings and against the lower 

 median interspace, where they are fuscous. 



Under side of fore wings dark gray at base, without 

 markings, fulvous on disk, crossed by interrupted white 

 streaks ; the margin gray, presenting a series of obsolete 

 lunules, in front of each of which is a white border, 

 forming a broken line like those on the disk. Hind 

 wings dark gray at base, paler gray over part of the 

 disk, then brown, followed by a broad white submarginal 

 space ; the base marked by three fuscous points placed 

 transversely, and the brown disk crossed by white 

 streaks as on the fore wings; outer margin bordered 

 by a row of black spots, of which the first, next the anal 

 angle, is duplex and covered with metallic green scales ; 

 the next four are large, dead-black, and metallic only at 

 their base ; the next two wholly covered with metallic 

 scales. 



Female. — Same size, paler-colored above, marked like 



the male. 



This description is of specimens taken in Texas. 

 Boisduval's description of those taken in California is 

 as follows : 



Upper side clear brown; hind wings paler, with a 

 blackish border. 



Under side of fore wings very clear brown, with white 

 interrupted transverse stride, more or less diiitinct. 



Under side of hind wings white, with brown striae, 

 and a marginal row of seven black ocelli powdered with 

 golden atoms. 



California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, 

 Florida. 



