EASTERN UNITED STATES. 309 



JLarva and food-plant unknown, though the latter 

 may be grass. 



Delaware to Ohio, Dakota to Arizona. 



139. Pamphila Attalus, Edw. 



Expanse of wings 1.35 inches. 



Male. — Upper surface dark brown, slightly tinged 

 with violet, the fore wings, with the basal half and costal 

 edge, sprinkled with fulvous yellow ; a broken row of 

 dull yellow spots beyond the middle, consisting of three 

 below the costa in line, two beyond the cell farther to- 

 wards the margin, and three, larger than the others, be- 

 tween the branches of the median vein and above the 

 submedian, each of these three reaching from vein to 

 vein ; a yellow bar at the end of the cell. Stigma black, 

 narrow, broken near the middle, iho, parts slightly 

 curved, the ends overlapping each other a little. 



Hind wings with brownish-yellow hairs, and a row 

 towards the outer margin of about five small yellow spots. 



Under side scarcely paler than the upper, the hind 

 wings more tinged with reddish, sprinkled with yellow 

 scales which are pale on the hind wings, more distinct ful- 

 vous yellow along the costal edge of the fore wings and 

 near the anal angle of the hind wings. Spots of upper 

 side repeated, but paler, almost white, spot 7 of the fore 

 wings enlarged, and spot 8 shading out on each side. 



Female. — Similar to the male, but scarcely sprinkled 

 with yellow ; lacking the stigma ; the spots a little more 

 prominent. Under side as in the male. 



The larva and food-plant are unknown. 



It has been found in Florida, North Carolina, New 

 Jersey, and Iowa. (See Addenda.) 



