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Beneath both wings are light gray with slight intermingling of whitish 

 scales, and near base a slight shading of darker gray, which latter is want- 

 ing in some specimens. The costa of the fore-wing is edged with orange 

 near base, about one-quarter the distance to apex; edge of hind margin 

 with a delicate line of dark brownish gray; the dark edging which appears 

 on upper side and occupies one-third of marginal area, manifests itself 

 underneath by a very slight yellowish tinge, scarcely perceptible on the 

 gray back-ground ; on the inner edge of this, one-sixteenth inch from 

 margin, is a transverse stripe of darkish gray elongated streaks extending 

 from the costal border to the lower median nervule, bordered on each 

 side with lighter gray, and always very indistinct, imperceptible on some 

 specimens; inside of these and one-third the distance from margin to base 

 is a series of more or less distinct transverse streaks extending from costa 

 to lower median nervule, bordered with white or very light gray on the 

 outside, and with orange on the inside, the orange being nearly absent at 

 upper part near costa, but becoming more prominent below; this line is 

 the prominent feature of the markings; within this and parallel to it is a 

 line of ver>' indistinct darkish transverse streaks extending to inner mar- 

 gin. On the edge of hind margin of hind wing is a delicate line of dark 

 brownish gray, Irordered on inner side with white, or very light gray; 

 within this and one-sixteenth inch from margin is a line of nearly semi- 

 circular darkish gray lines extending from costa to inner margin, occa- 

 sionally with a few orange scales enclosed and bordered with a little lightish 

 gray; in the middle of the outer two-thirds of the wing is an irregular, 

 but nearly straight series of transverse streaks of dark gray, forming a 

 continuance of the streaks on fore-wing, but more strongly bordered with 

 orange on inner side and white on outer side, and running parallel to the 

 margin and terminating at inner margin about one-third the distance from 

 anal angle to base; in the lower median interspace is a prominent orange 

 spot, bordered above with a black line and enclosing at its base a nearly 

 circular black spot, almost touching hind margin; in the next space below 

 is a similar orange and black spot, less than half the size of the first and 

 less distinctly marked, extending over the nervure to the anal angle; 

 between these spots there is a sprinkling of light bluish scales, sometimes 

 absent. 



Female. — Head, antennae and legs, same as male. Thorax and abdo- 

 men the same, except the blue of the male is replaced by the ground color 

 of the wings. Ground color of wings a light grayish blue, near light 

 slate color; some specimens being brighter and with considerable lustre; 

 markings the same as male, except that the discoidal spot is wanting (al- 

 though slightly apparent on some specimens), and the border of blackish 

 gray on fore-wings, especially on hind margins, is more suffused, and 

 covers one-half the area of the wing, extending from lower angle to a 

 point on costa midway between apex and base. Beneath identical with (^. 



The specimens described were taken near San Josg del Cabo, 

 at extreme end of the cape, in the month of August. They were 



