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and more extended. Secondaries yellow, somewhat deeper basally, 

 with an indistinct band of. intranervular dusky spots extending across 

 the outer third of the wing, and a faint discal spot. 



9 . Wings yellow; primaries brighter at the base and apex, but less 

 bright basally than in the $ ; inner margin black only at the base; 

 some dusky scales at the base, upon the inner fourth of the costal re- 

 gion, at the apex, and extending two-thirds the extent of the outer 

 margin. Secondaries deeper yellow along the outer and inner margins. 

 Cilia of both wings pale pink. 



Beneath, bright yellow only on the base of the primaries, extending 

 over the cell — the remainder of the wing pale. Secondaries (juite pale, 

 barely tinged with yellow, with a transverse band and discal spot as in 

 the $. 



Thorax and abdomen of the examples too much denuded for de- 

 scription. 



Exp. of wings 1.6 inch. 



Two examples^ — one 9 in 1877, one $ in 1878. 



12. Colias Csesonia (Stoll). 



Hab. — Southern and Western States; San Diego, Cal., rare (Beh- 

 rens); Kansas common (Snow); Texas, Arizona, Colorado, 

 Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingo. 

 One example in coll. of 1877, and one in 1878. 



13. Colias Eurytheme (Boisd. ). 



Hab. — British America (Scudder); Quebec to Mexico; Atl. to Pac. 

 Seven examples in coll. of 1877. 



14. Terias Nicippe (Cramer). 



Hab.^ — ^Occasional on Long Island, N. Y. (Tepper); Pennsylvania 

 to Florida; Illinois (Worthington); Kansas common (Snow); 

 Colorado (Nash), California, Arizona, Mexico, Central America, 

 West Indies. 

 A single example only in coll. of 1878. 



15. Terias Lisa (Boisd.). 



Hab. — This species occurs along the Atlantic coast from New 

 Hampshire to Cuba; it is excessively rare north of Cape Cod, 

 common from New Jersey to Cape Hatteras, and extremely 

 abundant further south (Scudder). In the State of New York 

 it is frequent on Long Island, and is not rare at Yonkers, in 

 Westchester County. It has not been seen in the vicinity ot 

 Albany. An interesting account of its appearance in large 

 numbers in the Bermudas in October, 1874, and on an earlier 

 occasion (in 1847) is given in Psyche, vol. i, p. 121. It occurs 

 also in the Western States, Illinois, Kansas, etc., and in Mexico. 

 Four examples in coll. of 1877; two in coll. of 1878. 



