BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



Fore wings dark brown, with bronzy lustre and two semi- 

 transparent spots in the middle. 

 Under side of hind wings paler than the upper, with a 



lighter reflection P. ocola. 



Fore wings brown without spots. 



Hind wings with white fringes P. fusca. 



Pyrgus. 



Black, with transverse rows of white spots on the fore wings, 



P. tessellatus. 

 Black, with one row of transverse, white spots P. centaurecz. 



Pholisora. 



Sooty black, with an irregular curved row of small white 



dots P. catullus. 



Nisoniades. 

 Deep brown, fore wings thickly scaled with gray between the 



outer bands N. brizo. 



Smaller, with the scales more regularly distributed over the 



fore wings N. icelus. 



Small, with white spots on the outer band N. lucilius. 



Larger, marked like lucilius but less distinctly N. persius. 



With bands on fore wings heavy and very conspicuous, 



white spots very indistinct N. martialis. 



Large species, allied to martialis, but with heavy white 



spots N. juvenalis. 



Eudamus. 



Chocolate-brown, with an amber-yellow patch on fore wing. 

 Under side of hind wings with a large silvery- white 



spot in the middle E. tityrus. 



Under side of hind wings broadly smeared with white 



along the outer border E. lycidas. 



Under side of hind wings with two transverse bands. 



Fore wings with small white spots E. pylades. 



Fore wings with large white spots E. bathyllus 



Fore wings with a broad, oblique, amber-yellow band. 



Outer border of hind wings scaled with gray E. cellus. 



Hind wings with long, tail-like appendages. 



Wings and body above with long green hairs E. proteus. 



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