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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



a purplish or })inki.sh .sheen overspreading them, strongest toward the 

 outer margin, with a l)rassy look nearest the hodj. Along the mar- 



Chrysophanus thoe. Male. 



gin is a band of dark 1)rown, and several spots adorn the middle of 

 the wing, varying in intensity from black to a very faint brown. 

 Two rows of faint Ijrown spots cross the wing on its outer portion. 

 The lower wings are darker tlian the up})er pair, the purple i-eflec- 

 tions extending over the up[)er half oidy. The wings are scalloped 

 along tlieir lower edges, the ])oints and margin being black, while 

 between these black points is a white fringe. Above the black mar- 

 gin and connected with it is a row of roundish l»lack spots, the 

 one nearest the lower ano-le of the wing" beino- double. Above this 



Chrysopbanus thoe. Uuder side. 



row of spots and partly enclosing them is a band of orange, widest 

 near the angle and narrowing to ci'escent spots at the top. A single 

 almost black line is placed above the centre of the wing. Tlie body 

 is black, the antennte are black tipped with orange, and like many of 

 the species of this family, they are crossed by numerous fine white 



