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Colias Philodice Godt. rothkei 



Plate VII- Vol. I, No. 1 1 



Lcpidoptera — Rhopalocera 



BY William Reiff, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



Upperside. All veins black, the yellow parts of 

 primaries on inner margin close to marginal band 

 heavily clouded with black scales. Costal area of 

 secondaries also heavily clouded with black. The 

 other parts of the yellow surface of all wings is not 

 as densely covered with black scales but enough to 

 cause the dark appearance of this specimen. 



Underside : Secondaries normal, but primaries 

 from inner margin up to discal area deep black with 

 small gray spot enclosed on inner margin. Veins 

 of primaries black. 



Collected August 27, 1905 in the Susciuehana Val- 

 ley, Pa., by my friend Max Rothke. 



Type 1 male in Mr. Rothke's collection. 



This specimen is very similar to the one I found 

 September, 1909 at Forest Hills, Mass., which was 

 placed in the collection of the Bussey Institution of 

 Harvard University. The specimen here described 

 is of particular interest because it is a male. Most 

 records of melanistic Colias specimens refer to fe- 

 males.* 



*See paper on "Colias philodice Godt. f. nigro-- 

 fasciata Reiff," pages 22 & 23, Vol. I. No. 3 of 

 The Lepidopterist. also concerning the causes of the 

 origin of such aberrations. 



