338 ^^^ BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



not very distinct, more obscured by the brownish-yellow 

 hairs than are those in Poiitiac. 



Under side ochraceous yellow, tinged with brown, 

 especially the costal and apical portions of the fore 

 wings and the greater part of the hind wings ; the pos- 

 terior part of the fore wings blackish. The spots are 

 obscure in the brownish-ochre ground, but are distinct 

 in the blackish portion, pale yellow. They are two 

 subcostal, a few scales, beyond the cell, two in the me- 

 dian interspaces, and the largest one extending from the 

 lower median venule to the submedian; the cell well 

 washed with brownish ochre, but not containing pale 

 yellow rays as in Pontiac, The hind wings contain no 

 bands or spots, but the area between the median vein 

 and its lower branch and the submedian is paler than 

 the ground color, and there is another pale ray from 

 the middle of the cell outward to near the outer 

 margin. 



Female. — Of the same shade of brown as the male, 

 both having a slight vinous reflection. The fore wings 

 have a small yellow spot at the end of the cell, and the 

 usual outer row of spots. These consist of the three 

 anteapical in the subcostal interspaces, the first one only 

 a few scales, the others elongate ; the fourth and fifth at 

 the end of the cell, the first only a few scales ; the sixth 

 and seventh in the median interspaces, rounded inwardly, 

 concave externally ; the eighth in the medio-submedian 

 space, partially or wholly divided in the middle. The 

 hind wings are similar to those of the male, the stripe 

 from the middle of the cell to near the outer margin 

 quite prominent, but mere traces of three other elongate 

 spots. Under side as in the male. 



