EASTERN UNITED STATES. 3Q5 



upper surface the same shade as the outer border 01 tne 

 male, \vith a sliglit vinous reflection ; beyond thvi middle 

 of fore wings a broken row of pale yellow spots, three 

 near the costa, then two nearer the outer margin, which 

 are small and mostly oblong, then four to'' the hind 

 margin, trapezoid, and all but the third larger. Hind 

 wings without spots. 



Under side blackish brown, the costal margin of 

 both wings washed with tawny ochre, the apex of the 

 fore wings whitish, the outer portion of the hind wings 

 washed with lilac. The spots of the upper surface are 

 repeated, the posterior four enlarged and more or less 

 (!onfluent. 



136. Pamphila Sassacus, Harr. 



Expanse of wings from 1.2 to 1.4 inches. 



Male.— Upper surface dull dark yellow, the outer 

 border of fuscous or dark grayish brown, not quite one- 

 third the length of the wing, crenate within, the base 

 dusky. On the fore wings is a black, oblique stigma, or 

 sex-mark, below the cell, with a little fuscous below it, 

 and at its end a fuscous patch, which is separated from the 

 border by a few fulvous spots in a broken line; veins 

 fuscous. 



Under side brownish fulvous, the posterior half of 

 fore wings fuscous ; the five subterminal spots of the 

 upper surface repeated, a spot at the end of the cell, a 

 large triangular patch, with dentate outline, all yellowish 

 white. ^ The hind wings have a subterminal band of 

 six whitish spots across the anterior two thirds of the 

 wing, and a spot at the end of the cell. 



Female.— This differs from the male in having the 



