BUTTERFLIES OF MONTANA. 



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Male Expanse, 1.40 inch, 35 mm. Upper side ochrey-brown, lighter 

 in the disk of all wings; costal margin of primaries and abdominal margins 

 of secondaries grayish, no spots above or below; fringe gray, crossed by 

 darker lines. Under side: primaries same color as above, from base 

 to beyond the middle, then a transverse sinuous ray of paler color, and be,- 

 yond this to hind margin grayish; sometimes this ray disappears, the basal 

 color extending nearly to the apex; secondaries gray, with a slight gray- 

 ish tinge, darker from base to middle, and this shade separated from the 

 paler margin by a transverse tortuous interrupted ray, the course of 

 which is parallel to the hind margin. 



Female Wholly dull ochrey-yellow, marked as in the male. 



Dr. Skinner adds: "This species is readily distinguished by its rich 

 dark color, being the darkest of all the spscies except haydeni. Like- 

 all the other species it has ocelli. Mr. Edwards' specimens were evi- 

 dently devoid of ocelli, as he says 'No spots above or below.' " 



Distribution The species occurs in Montana, Minnesota, British Am- 

 erica and Newfoundland. Examinations show the collections to have/ 

 one from Mount Lo Lo by Elrod and one from Miles City by Wiley. Col- 

 lected by Coues in the mountains along the northern border in 1874. 



HAYDEN'S RINGLET, Coer,ony<r.pha h:yde:ii, Edviaris. Fig 92. 



Fig. 92. Coenonympha haydeni. 



Butterfly, Male Upper side entirely of a bright glossy ochre-yellow, 

 without any spot or mark, except what is caused by the transparency of 

 the wings; base of both wings dark grey; abdominal margin of secon- 

 daries pale gray ; fringe pale gray, crossed by a darker line. Under side. 

 Primaries same color as above; costal margin, apex and base grayish; 

 near the apex a round, sometimes a rounded-oblong, black spot with 

 white pupil and pale yellow iris; this is preceded by an abbreviated, pale 

 yellow, transverse ray. Secondaries light reddish brown, grayish along 



Butterfly, Male Expanse, 1.60 inches, 40 mm. Upper side fuscous, 

 immaculate; under side a shade paler, much irrorated with gray scales; 

 primaries immaculate; secondaries have a complete series of black ocelli 

 along the hind margin, one in each interspace; each ocellus narrowly 

 ringed with ochraceous, and having a minute white pupil. 



The female is like the male in markings, but in color quite different, 

 as it is light yellowish-brown. 



Distribution The species has been found in Montana, Idaho, Colo- 

 rado and Wyoming. The University of Montana has but one specimen 

 at present writing, collected by Douglas in the Tobacco Root range. 

 Cooley has taken it at Mystic lake, 6,700 feet elevation, in Bridger canyon, 

 along Shield's River, at East Flathead in Park county, and at Bozeman. 



