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on costal margin, is a band of yellow-fulvous, at first narrow, bend- 

 ing around the patch, then following the stigma, widening gradually 

 and ending on middle of inner margin; the area above the stigma to 

 costa and base reddish-fulvous; stigma long, sinuous, and in shape of a 

 narrow ridge, edged somewhat on either side by brown. 



Secondaries have a yellow-fulvous band on the farther side of the 

 disk, bent at a right angle ; the area to base covered with long fulvous 

 hairs on dark ground, rest of wing brown ; fringes cinereous. 



Under side of primaries reddish-fulvous at base and along costal 

 margin, brown at base below the subcostal nervure ; the extra discal 

 band repeated, the upper part in white, the remainder lost in a yel- 

 low shade which suffuses the inner margin quite to the angle ; apical 

 area reddish-brown or brown dusted with fulvous scales ; the hind 

 margin edged by a whitish line. 



Secondaries dark ferruginous dusted with dull fulvous ; the subme- 

 dian interspace more or less clear orange-fulvous ; costal edge gray and 

 the hind and inner margins edged by a whitish line; the band re- 

 peated in pure white, and in cell a white longitudinal band extends 

 from base nearly to the extremity. 



Body above covered with green hairs ; beneath, thorax with yellow 

 and brown, the abdomen yellow; legs fulvous; palpi yellow ; anten- 

 nae fuscous above annnlated with pale fulvous, fulvous below ; club 

 black above, fulvous below, the tip deep ferruginous. 



Female same size, and similarly marked, but paler colored ; the 

 stigma replaced by a long brown patch. 



From several examples taken by Mr. Morrison in Southern Colo- 

 rado. The species belongs to the Comma sub-group. 



Pamphila Snowi, Edw. I received from Mr. Morrison several ex- 

 amples of both sexes of this fine species, originally described from a 

 single male. The female is same size as the male and similar in color 

 and markings, with the exception of the stigma. 



Pamphila Phylace. 



Male. — Expands 1.2 inch. 



Upper side dark brown, immaculate ; fringes cinereous. Under 

 side dark brown, the apical area of primaries and the whole of secon- 

 daries of a grayish tint ; immaculate. 



