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Under side of secondaries pale ashy, with a fulvous band as 

 above ; some black points circled with white, without order, to- 

 wards the base, but regular towards the extremity. Fringe of 

 secondaries white and black. 



United States. — Expands over an inch. 



Boisd. 



5. P. epixanthe Boisd. et Lee. Figured in Boisd. et Lee. pi. 38, p. 127. 



Upper side brownish-black, with scattered black points. Pri- 

 maries with the costal edge a little reddish ; secondaries with a 

 narrow marginal fulvous band, crenated behind. Fringe grayish. 



Under side yellowish ; primaries, with about fifteen black points 



disposed as in the analogous species ; secondaries, with black 



points, but small ; a crenated band of a more lively tint than that 



on the upper side. 



Western States. — Expands about an inch. 



Boisd. 



6. P. crataegi Boisd. et Lee. P. tarquinius Fab. Figured in Boisd. et 



Lee. pi. 37, p. 128. 



Wings, blackish-brown ; primaries, with a longitudinal sinuous 

 yellow band, irregular at its extremity, and marked towards the 

 base by a blackish interrupted line. 



Secondaries, with the lower limb bright yellow, and a marginal 

 series of black points. 



Primaries of the female yellowish, with a crenate black border 

 and two longitudinal interrupted black bands, the anterior the 

 longer, and divided into three parts. Secondaries with the ex- 

 tremity yellowish, and four to six black points disposed in two . 

 rows. 



The under side is reddish-yellow, glossed with whitish, with 

 deeper spots slightly circled with white on the secondaries ; pri- 

 maries, with all the disk, of a yellowish tint. 



Larva, which feeds on Crataegus, is green, with three dorsal 

 white rays, and one at the base of the feet. 



Chrysalis grayish ; back darker, marked with prominent tuber- 

 cles. Hind extremity pointed and a little arcuate. 



United States. — Expands an inch and a half. 



Boisd. 



