Ml 
COLIAS II. 
COLIAS BEHRII. 5—7. 
Colias Behrii. % 9 . Edwards, Proc. Eat. Soc. Phila. vi, p. 201. 1866. 
Male. Expands 1.5 inch. 
Upper side greenish-yellow, much sprinkled with minute black scales, especi- 
ally on primaries ; base of wings black ; hind margin of primaries broadly edged 
with black, which is covered with greenish-yellow scales and not clearly defined on 
the inner side ; the marginal border of secondaries is clear black, of medium width, 
well defined on inner side, curving regularly, with no prominent projections, and 
terminating a little short of the anal angle; costa of primaries rose-colored; discal 
spot a minute yellow streak edged with black scales ; discal spot of secondaries 
small, round and yellow ; fringes greenish-yellow. 
Under side greenish-yellow, paler than secondaries above, entirely specked 
with black scales, except on inner margin of primaries, where the color is whitish ; 
discal spot of primaries a yellow streak, of secondaries minute, yellow, edged with 
a few rosy scales ; costa of each wing rose-colored ; abdomen and palpi greenish- 
yellow ; legs and antennae rose-colored. 
Female. A little larger than the male, paler green, the marginal black bor- 
der less distinct and more expanded at apex of primaries ; fringes both above and 
below roseate, in contrast to the fringes of the male, which are yellow. 
From two males, and one female, received from Dr. Herman Behr, San Fran- 
cisco, and taken by members of the State Geological Survey among the Yo Se- 
mite mountains, at an elevation of about 10,000 feet above the sea. 
