310 "J^HE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



140. Pamphila Leonardus, Harr. 



Expanse of wings from 1.3 to 1.4 inches. 



Male. — Upper surface blackish brown, more or less 

 overlaid with fulvous yellow scales from the base to the 

 outer third of the fore wings, with a broken subter- 

 minal row of clearer yellow spots ; three of these below 

 the costa in line, two beyond the cell farther out, and 

 separated from the cell by a space without yellow, and 

 two or three below, in line with the first, continued 

 by an oblique shade to the hind margin; also a dis- 

 tinct spot at the end of the cell. Stigma black, oblique, 

 concave below. The hind wings have a curved band 

 not reaching either margin ; an obscure spot in the 

 cell, and greenish-yellow hairs over the inner half of 

 the wings. 



Under side bright reddish brown, the fore wings 

 blackish from the cell to the hind margin, but not 

 reaching the outer margin except at the posterior angle. 

 The spots of the upper surface are repeated, but the 

 spots below the cell are blended and enlarged into a 

 subtriangular patch. The hind wings have a small 

 spot at the end of the cell, and beyond a cuived row 

 of six or seven spots. 



Female. — This form has the basal third of the fore 

 wings only moderately sprinkled with yellow scales, and 

 the stigma is absent. The spots in the outer row are 

 larger than in the males. Under side like the male. 



According to Mr. Scudder, this species feeds on grass 

 in the larval state. 



New England to West Virginia; Indian River, 

 Florida ; Kansas. (See Addenda.) 



