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Under side of secondaries brownish, with about twenty silver 

 spots, the edge of the wings towards the abdomen silvery. 



In the female the ground color is paler, with the other markings 



blacker ; on the under side the general tint is paler, and nearly 



yellowish. 



California — rare. 



Boisd. 



11. A. ashtaroth Fisher. Figured in Proceed. A. N. S., Phila., 1858, 

 p. 180, pi. 8. In the place cited, this species is named astarte, but 

 was afterwards changed to ashtaroth by Dr. Fisher. 



Upper wings with both surfaces fulvous ; above with a broad, 

 black exterior margin, containing a range of seven small whitish 

 spots, parallel with the margin ; four large oblong spots of black 

 proceeding from the exterior margin, the two intermediate ones 

 reaching beyond the middle of the wing, the others shorter, with 

 each a small fulvous spot near the tip ; and four spots of black 

 descending from the subcostal nervure, of which the one nearest 

 the body is linear, the next square, the third roundish, with a 

 fulvons spot in the centre, and the fourth connate with the fourth 

 of the before-mentioned spots proceeding from the exterior margin. 



The lower icings are above bluish black, changing to brownish 

 fulvous near the base, with an indistinct whitish spot below the 

 centre. 



The under side of the upper wings has seven spots of pearly 

 white parallel with the outer margin, of which the five exterior 

 ones are linear, and the two others round ; from these two round 

 spots proceed two oblong black spots to the middle of the wing, 

 and the two next have each a round black spot above them. From 

 the subcostal nervure proceed four black spots, of which the two 

 nearest the body are linear, the next triangular, inclosing a fulvous 

 spot, and the fourth is almost confounded with the black upper 

 margin. 



The under side of the lower wings is brown, with four white 

 sublunate spots, bounded above and below by black, and parallel 

 with the lower margin. There are, likewise, two long black spots 

 outside of the outer one of these spots; the whole base of the wing 

 is occupied by six large pearly spots, radiating from the axilla, 

 one of which occupies the precostal portion ; between' the second 

 and third (which are very wide) is a smaller spot, and the third is 



