COLIAS II. 



COLIAS HARFORDII, 1-9. 



CoUas Harforflli, Henry Edwards, ;?, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci., February 5th, 1877. (Vol. VIII.) 

 C. Barbara, id., ?, 1. c. VII., 1877. W. II. Edwards, Papilio, IV. 2, 1884. 



Primaries produced capically, the hind margins slightly concave or slightly 

 convex. 



1. Form Harfordii. 



Male. — Expands 1.5 to 1.9 inches. 



Upper side lemon-yellow, often lemon-chrome, the bases of wings not at all, 

 or very little, blackened ; the marginal borders of primaries of medium width, 

 or narrow, black, dusted with yellow atom.s, cut by the yellow nervules nearly 

 to outer edge, of even width, extending but little way on either costal or inner 

 margin, the inner edge more or less erose ; discal spot pale yellow in a sub-oval 

 black ring. 



Secondaries have the borders varying in width like the primaries, and ending 

 at lower median nervule ; discal spot orange, pale to deep ; fringes rose-pink, 

 yellow at inner angles of primaries and outer angles of secondaries. 



Under side pale to deep yellow ; the discal spot of primaries as above ; of 

 secondaries, small, pearl-white, in a narrow red-brown ring; at base a few pink 

 scales; no patch at outer angle ; traces of sub-marginal spots, mere points, and 

 not in complete series, often altogether wanting ; the surface not dusted with 

 dark scales, but immaculate ; but some examples show a slight dusting, and 

 some have a few scales at outer angle, suggestive of a patch. 



Body above black, with long gray hairs, beneath yellow, the hairs on thorax 

 tipped with roseate ; collar same ; legs same ; palpi yellow, roseate at tip ; an- 

 tennaj and club brown-red above, more red below, the club tipped with ferrugi- 

 nous. (Figs. 1, 2.) 



Female. — Same size. 



