106 ' LEPIDOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



2. H. lycidas Godt. Encyc. Method. IV, 751. Figured in Boisd. et Lee. 



pi. 71. 



Wings deep brown, a little yellowish near the base ; primaries 

 with four or five yellow spots, forming a short irregular band ; 

 between this band and the summit are two or three points of the 

 same color. Secondaries without spots. 



Under side of primaries with a yellow band, narrow at the costal 

 edge, widening downwards but not reaching to the lower edge ; 

 beyond this, is an interrupted line of yellow spots and a pale 

 purple streak. 



Under side of secondaries ash-gray, a large silvery spot on the 



outer edge, surmounted by two points of the same color : fringe 



white and brown. 



United States. — Expands two inches. 



Boisd. 



3. H. proteus Godt. Encyc. Method. IX, 730. Figured in Boisd. et Lee. 



pi. 69. Sm. Abb. I, pi. 39. Cram. pap. pi. 260. Clerck, Icon. Ins. 

 pi. 42. 



Wings brown ; light green at the base of the primaries, and 

 covering half of the secondaries. Primaries, with four or five 

 white spots oblong or square, and an arcuated line of white points 

 intersected by the nerves. Secondaries extending to long tails. 

 Body greenish above. 



Under side purplish brown ; markings similar to the upper ex- 

 cept the black border of the spots and arc on the primaries, and 

 two interrupted narrow bands on the secondaries. 



United States. — Expands over two inches. 



Boisd. 



4. H. bathyllus Sm. Abb. Figured in Sm. Abb. pi. 22. Boisd. et Lee. 



pi. 74. 



Wings deep brown, with a narrow, interrupted transverse band 

 of white on the primaries, and three small dots intersected by the 

 nerves, near the summit. Secondaries without spots. 



Under side paler, with dark brown narrow bands on the secon- 

 daries. 



United States. — Expands two inches. 



Boisd. 



