PL CXXXIV 



HHBHBI The caterpillar feeds on " Jamb's-quarter " (ChenopodiunC, 



Ranges over all temperate North America. 



(2) Pholisora hayhursti (Edwards), Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 

 2, 9 (Hayhurst's Sooty- wing) . 



Easily distinguished from preceding by white color of under 

 side of abdomen as well as by the different arrangement of 

 spots on fore wing. Expanse 0.90-1.15 inch. 



Ranges from Pennsylvania to the Gulf as far as the Rocky 

 Mountains. 



(3) Pholisora lybia Scadder, Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 3, tf 

 (The Mohave Sooty-wing). 



Distinguished from the two preceding by the white fringes 

 of the wings and by the markings of the upper side. Expanse 

 0.80-1.40 inch. 



Found from western Texas to Nevada and Arizona. 



(4) Pholisora alpheus (Edwards), Plate CXXXIV, Fig. 4,d" 

 (New Mexican Sooty- wing). 



More checkered on the upper side than the other species, tip 

 of fore wing white. Expanse 0.95-1 .00 inch. 

 Ranges from New Mexico to Arizona. 

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