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Under side of secondaries pale ashy, with a fulvous band as 

 above ; some black points circled with white, without order, to- 

 wards the base, but regular towards the extremity. Fringe of 

 secondaries white and black. 



United States. Expands over an inch. 



BOISD. 



5. P. epixanthe Boisd. et Lee. Figured in Boisd. et Leo. pi. 38, p. 127. 



Upper side brownish-black, with scattered black points. Pri- 

 maries with the costal edge a little reddish ; secondaries with a 

 narrow marginal fulvous band, crenated behind. Fringe grayish. 



Under side yellowish ; primaries, with about fifteen black points 

 disposed as in the analogous species ; secondaries, with black 

 points, but small ; a crenated band of a more lively tint than that 

 on the upper side. 



Western States. Expands about an inch. 



BOISD. 



6. P. crataegi Boisd. et Lee. P. tarquinius Fab. Figured in Boisd. et 



Lee. pi. 37, p. 128. 



Wings, blackish-brown ; primaries, with a longitudinal sinuous 

 yellow band, irregular at its extremity, and marked towards the 

 base by a blackish interrupted line. 



Secondaries, with the lower limb bright yellow, and a marginal 

 series of black points. 



Primaries of the female yellowish, with a crenate black border 

 and two longitudinal interrupted black bands, the anterior the 

 longer, and divided into three parts. Secondaries with the ex- 

 tremity yellowish, and four to six black points disposed in two 

 rows. 



The under side is reddish-yellow, glossed with whitish, with 

 deeper spots slightly circled with white on the secondaries ; pri- 

 maries, with all the disk, of a yellowish tint. 



Larva, which feeds on Crataegus, is green, with three dorsal 

 white rays, and one at the base of the feet. 



Chrysalis grayish ; back darker, marked with prominent tuber- 

 cles. Hind extremity pointed and a little arcuate. 



United States. Expands an inch and a half. 



BOISD. 



