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Ph. camillus Edir. (89 d) "Oamilliis Oescent-spot" of the Americans, ranges from British ('olombia camillufi 

 as far as Colorado, Montana, Kansas and Texas. Under surface quite monotonous, but the liindwings pecu- 

 Uarly marked with distinct fulvous lines and dots. Early stages unknown. The paler or darker forms which 

 have repeatedly been named (emissa. pallida Ethr., rwitn Reak.) are no local forms, being not restricted to any 

 particular locality- 



Ph. mylitta -£"(/((•.(= collina £e//;', callina _B.v(/., epula ii*(/.) («!» e) occurs from Washington to .Vrizona, mylilin. 

 eastwards as far as Colorado. $ like (^, but lighter in shade. The eggs are deposited in bunches on thistles. 

 After the 4. moult, the larva is black, yellowish beneath, with a dull yellow, narrow dorsal line and similar 

 lateral lines. The black spines are arranged in rows, those of the 4. — 0. segment yellow. Pupa deep wood- 

 brown. Larva on various species of thistle. 



Ph. barnesi Skinn. (89 e), from ('olorado, is larger than ni i/litfa. with the forewings narrower and smooth- bfimesi. 

 edged, and the markings of the upper surface greatly reduced. 



Ph. montana Behr (89 e), from the mountains of California and Nevada, is more heavily marked montana. 

 than camillus, with the ground-colour chiefly brillant fulvous. The colouring of the $ is moi'e dusky, but is 

 interrupted by a pale median macular band on the upper surface of the hindwings. The earUer stages imknown. 



Ph. picta Edir. (— canace Edir.) (89 e) from Nebraska, (Colorado, New Mexico and Mexico, is one pidu. 

 of the smallest and most gaudily coloured species of this group. Undei'side of hindwings very light and slightly 

 marked. Egg yellowish-green. — The caterpillar undergoes 5 moults: full-grown it has 7 main rows of short 

 spines, which in the different broods have a different colour, pale brown in the June brood, greenish-yellow 

 in October. The prevalent colour is yellowish or greenisli brown, witli darker or lighter sjiots. Pupa yellowish- 

 brown. Larva on various species of Asters. 



Ph. frisia Poei/ (= gyges Hew.) (89 e) from the Antilles, Mexico, Central and South America and jrisUi. 

 Florida, is presumably a form of thaws or some other closely allied species. Large-sized, with jjale markings 

 both above and l)eneatli. Earlier stages unknown. 



Ph. boucardi Godm. a. Sah\ (89 e). from Mexico (Guerrero, October), probably is a subspecies of some boucardi. 

 North American species. !^' not known. 



Ph. saladillensis Giacotu. (89 f), from the Argentine Republic, was only discovered two years ago; saladillen- 

 common in the hills around Saladillo and Sa. ( 'ruz. Underneath the forewings resemble tharos, but the ground- ^'®' 

 colour ist lighter, with a striking median band of pale yellow spots. Under surface of hindwings pale yellow 

 with a few brownisli striae and the tj'pical terminal spots. V> according to a picture sent by the author for 

 our use, much larger; hindwings very slightly marked in the inner half. Underneath the hindwings have a^ 

 reddish transverse band. 



Also Ph. siniois Hew. (89 f), from Brazil and Argentina, belongs to the tharos-gvou]). It is of small size, sinwis. 

 with the black markings of the forewings partially united to larger blotches; underside nearly unmarked. 



Ph. elada Hew. (89 f), from Mexico, one of the smallest species of the genus, shows above a network clndu. 

 of black and yellow ; $ has the middle row of pale spots almost white. LTnderneath marked like tjqiical 

 Melitaea. — socia Fldr., if not synonymous with elada, is surely only a seasonal form, but slightly differing in soda. 

 the markings. 



Ph. imitata Streck. ( = ulrica Edic.) differs from elada in the black basal spots on the hiud wings beneath, imifata. 

 Texas to North Mexico. 



Ph. variegata .spec. nov. (89 f), from Uruguay (J $) is a dv\arf species; forewuigs marked with black varieijala. 

 and ^\hite on yellow ground, hindwings with black only. The markings of the under surface greatly resemble 

 those of the upper surface, but the liindwings have a median row of white spots, and a few white spots on 

 the outer margin. 



Ph. pallescens Fldr. (89 f), from Mexico, of which we figure the type, would seem to be the o of pallenccns. 

 variegata, if the localities where they were found, were not two far apart. Underneath it resembles thaws, 

 but the colouring, especially of the hindwings, very pale, with slight markings. 



Ph. pelops Dm. (= anocaona H.-Schiiff.) (89f). from Jamaica, St. Domingo and Porto Rico, is the pelops. 

 smallest species of the geims; the wings unusually broad, yellowish-brown above, with black markings. Under 

 surface of forewings pale yellow-brown, marked with black; hindwings greyish-fuscous, paler at the base, with 

 delicate blackish-brown markmgs and a submarginal row of white ocelli. — aegon i^. of -faniaica has the wuigs aegoti. 

 smooth margmed, black-brown above, w ith several irregular yellowish-brown macular rows. Hindwings ashy 



