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reflection. The fore wings have three small white ante- 

 apical dots in the subcostal interspaces, about three-fourths 

 the distance from the base to the apex, and traces of spots 

 in the median interspaces. Hind wings without spots. 

 Fringes gray, spotted with dark brown at the ends of 

 the veins. 



Under side as above ; the apical half of the fore wings, 

 and all of the hind wings except a ray before the anal 

 angle, washed with lilac scales, the anterior basal part of 

 the hind wings only sprinkled. There is a clustering of 

 the gray scales across the disk of the hind wings, con- 

 stituting a rather indistinct connected series of about 

 four spots forming a curve, made more apparent by there 

 being less gray just before these than on other portions 

 of the wing. There is a white spot in the fringe at the 

 apex of each wing. 



Body olivaceous brown above, lilac-gray below, in- 

 cluding the palpi. 



In the larval state this species feeds on grasses, the 

 butterfly appearing from the first to the middle of 

 July. 



Orono, Maine ; Middle, Southern, and Western States. 



174. AMBLYSCIRTES Eos, Edw. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Upper surface grayish brown. The fore wings have 

 three white spots in line from the costa back, as in A. 

 Vialis, but no other spots. Fringes alternate white and 

 fuscous on the fore wings, but on the hind wings fuscous 

 only at the -tips of three or four venules in the middle 

 of the margin. 



Under side brown, with a whitish or chalky tint at 

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