PHYCIODES II. 
under side, the colors of primaries are more intense, the spots sharply defined, the 
marginal border nearly black, the discal border bright buff, and the fulvous por¬ 
tions bright orange. 
Secondaries uniform buff, bright, the reticulated lines nearly or quite black, 
often partly obsolete ; the submarginal lunules at outer angle and on upper me¬ 
dian interspace color of the ground ; the marginal area on middle of the wing 
obscured by a narrow brown patch ; the costal patch small, dark brown ; on the 
middle of the disk is sometimes seen' a slight fulvous tint, in some examples 
deepening. 
The female is paler colored on the under side, the buff ground approaching 
white, and on primaries the black spots are more or less restricted ; on seconda¬ 
ries the lines are heavier, and the marginal cloud frequently extends upward; 
the submarginal lunules are whiter than the ground, sometimes semi-silvered; 
the discal band is whiter and rather distinct, while towards the base the spaces 
between the lines are irregularly white or buff. But many females scarcely differ 
from the males in these points. 
This species inhabits the Gulf States, and individuals have been taken as far 
north as Kansas, as I learn from Prof. F. W. Snow. Nothing is yet known of its 
preparatory stages, nor of the food-plant of the caterpillar, though this will prob¬ 
ably prove to be Aster. 
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