198 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



ous, usually reddish gray, more or less reticulated with 

 black. 



The food-plants are nettle and hop. 



United States generally. 



64. PYRAMEIS HUNTERA, Fab. 



Expanse of wings from 2 to 2.25 inches. 



Upper surface fulvous, a little tawny at base, the 

 apical portion of fore wings black, this continued as a 

 border to the posterior angle. The apical black contains 

 an oblique fulvous bar beyond the cell, and the submar- 

 ginal white dots of P. Atalanta, the first two blended, 

 and one farther down in the fulvous. Besides this there 

 are five triangular black marks, two of which are in the 

 cell. The border of both wings consists of three more 

 or less distinct lines, the inner on the hind wings in the 

 form of a shade. The apical portion of the border 

 on the fore wings is washed with lilac ; and there is a 

 gray-blue bar at the anal angle. Hind wings have a, 

 submarginal row of five black spots, the second and 

 fifth pupilled with blue. Costa black. 



The under side of fore wings is red, except the apical 

 portion, which is marked as above. Hind wings marbled 

 with brownish black and white, with two large ocelli. 

 The outer border is four black lines, with violet between 

 the two inner. 



The mature larva is 1.25 inches long, the body velvety 

 black, between the joints four transverse lines of pale 

 yellow alternating with narrow black lines. On each 

 joint there are seven dark brown tubercles, from which 

 arise short, branching, black spines. On joints 6 to 12 

 in the subdorsal region are large shining white spots. 



