PHYCIODES I., II. 
surface is less extreme and is not sufficiently distinctive, and therefore the sec¬ 
ondaries alone may be used in characterization. 
Yar. A. The marginal cloud and costal patch wanting ; the basal area sil¬ 
vered or white, perhaps a little discolored at extremity of cell; the crescents 
silvered or white ; extra-discal area yellow-brown. (Figs. 1, 2 <?.) 
Var. B. The larger part of the wing dark brown, but usually the discal band 
is unobscured or nearly so, and is white and conspicuous, as is also the costal mar¬ 
gin next base and at outer angle ; except at this angle the crescents obscured. 
(Kg.S*i4,6*.) 
Var. C. In the male, the ground is either bright ochrey-yellow throughout, 
the band and basal area not differing from the area beyond the disk, with a 
marginal cloud, and a large brown spot on the disk (Fig. 9); or the ochre-yellow 
is slightly obscured over the disk and outer limb, and the spaces between the 
reticulated lines are partly yellow, partly faint white. (Fig. 6.) The discal 
spot varies much in shape, being sometimes a transverse bar, sometimes a lon¬ 
gitudinal one limited to the cell (Fig. 6), or perhaps a triangular patch (Fig. 8). 
In the female, primaries have the hind margin largely covered with bright yel¬ 
low ; secondaries either bright or deep ochraceous, the band and spaces variegated 
with faint white and yellow, delicately tinted with brown on the disk, the cres¬ 
cents white or silvered where not covered by the cloud. (Fig. 7.) 
Yar. D. This variety runs into the summer form of the species, the ground 
being either bright or deep yellow, or inclined to buff, sometimes with a red¬ 
dish tint; in the male, the reticulations are less distinct, the band always lost in 
the ground color, the cloud small, narrow, and dark colored, often concealing 
the crescents on middle of margin; on the disk a small brown patch and a slight 
one on costal margin; often one or both these are wanting. (Figs. 12, 14.) In 
the female the reticulations are strong, ferruginous, the cloud and both discal 
and costal patches conspicuous. (Fig. 13.) This female resembles the female 
of Yar. B of the summer form more than it does its own male. There are nu¬ 
merous intergrades between B and C, C and D, but want of space prevents my 
illustrating more than one of them,— C D. (Figs. 10, 11.) 
Form MORPHEUS. 
Same size as Marcia in both sexes, and not distinguishable on the upper side, 
varying in same manner. On the under side of primaries, the male has the mar¬ 
gin ornamented with dark brown and yellow, the black patches large and in¬ 
tense, the ground pale fulvous. Secondaries have the ground yellow-buff, but 
varying somewhat in individuals, the reticulations ferruginous, slight, often more 
or less obsolete, and no costal or discal patch, though sometimes there is a slight 
