SYNOPTIC TABLE OF LEPIDOPTERA. 



GENUS COLIAS, Fab. 



15. C. Scudderii, Beak. Male; upperside canary yellow with a slight 

 greenish - tinge on secondaries ; marginal borders broad, black, veins yellow : 

 discal spot of primaries small, black, subovate, of secondaries pale yellowish 

 white ; underside greenish yellow, the costa of primaries and whole of secon- 

 daries densely irrorated with fine black scales ; discal spot of primaries white 

 circled with black, of secondaries a silver spot edged with roseate scales in 

 ferruginous ring. Female ; upperside pale yellow, much irrorated with 

 black along costal margin and apex and hind margin of primaries, but show- 

 ing no regular band or spot ; discal spots as in male ; underside still more 

 densely irrorated except along hind margin of secondaries, the disk having a 

 greyish yellow shad^. Fringes roseate. Expands 1.8 to 2 inches. Colorado. 

 Montana, Utah, British Columbia. 



Female albino variety. 



16. C. Palaeno, Linn, var : Chippewa, \V. H. Edwards. Male ; pale 

 lemon yellow ; borders black, extending on secondaries about % of outer 

 margin ; discal spot small, black, on secondaries white ; underside of pri- 

 maries, ground color same as above ; secondaries greenish ; discal spots 

 pearl color. Female ; ground color white, markings same as male, but heav- 

 ier ; fringes pink. Expands about 1% inches. British America. Great Slave 

 Lake. 



17. C. Astraea, W. H. Edwards. Male ; upperside orange ochraceous ; 

 borders black, medium width ; discal spot of primaries a black streak, of 

 secondaries pale orange or wanting ; underside paler, no orange ; seconda- 

 ries densely powdered with black scales ; discal spot white in fine ferrugin- 

 ous ring. Expands 2 inches. Female not known. Habitat, Montana. 



18. C. Eurytheme, B'cbvl. Male ; ground color orange ; borders broad 

 black ; discal spot large, black, on secondaries 



deep orange ; underside of primaries yellow, light 

 orange on center field, of secondaries bright yel- 

 low, discal spot black, white in center, of seconda- 

 ries silver edged with ferruginous ; a submarginal 

 row of faint black spots on primaries, of pale brown 

 ones on secondaries. Female : same as male ; 

 discal spots considerably larger ; borders broader 

 and enclosing irregular patches of yellow ; un- 

 derside of primaries same as male, of secondaries 

 greenish ; markings of both wings same as male, 

 but heavier. 



Var : Keewaydin, W. H. Edwards, generally smaller and paler than 

 the typical Eurytheme. 



Harfordii, Henry Edwards ? 



Ariadne, W. H. Edwards, Yellow form of Eurytheme. 

 Female albino varieties. 

 Hull. Brookl. Ent. Soc. Mav 1879. 



