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hind wings washed in the centre with yellow, the yellow 

 area less than in the male and not clear yellow. Nearly 

 all of the fore wing is dark grayish brown or fuscous, the 

 basal half, or in some examples a little more, washed with 

 yellow, or only the anterior edge and a portion of the 

 base sprinkled with yellow scales. The fore wings have 

 a row of eight yellow spots, of which 4 and 5 are out 

 of line with the others, being nearer the margin ; and 

 two elongate spots, more or less distinct, in the outer 

 part of the cell. 



Under side grayish brown, a little pale, the hind 

 wings and the anterior and outer portion of the fore 

 wings well sprinkled with ochraceous scales ; the spots 

 of the fore wings repeated, pale, the lower of the outer 

 row broadly expanded ; the hind wings with a faint 

 row of three or four spots beyond the cell. 



Body brown above, with grayish hairs, lighter beneath. 



The larva is said to feed on grass, the butterfly ap- 

 pearing on the wing in the middle of June. 



New England, New York to Nebraska, Georgia, 

 Florida, Colorado. 



137. Pamphila Metea, Scud. 



Expanse of wings from 1.2 to 1.35 inches. 



Female. — Upper surface dark brown tinged ochra- 

 ceous, especially on the hind wings. Fore wings with 

 the following white markings : two small spots at the ex- 

 tremity of the cell ; three small spots, one above the other, 

 on the costal border, a little more than three-fourths the 

 distance from the base ; below these, and half-way be- 

 tween them and the outer margin, one above the other, 

 two small spots ; placed successively a little nearer the 



