CHRYSOPHANUS I. 
CHRYSOPHANUS RUBIDUS, 1—3. 
Chrysophanus rubidus, Behr, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 1866, p. 208. 
Male. — Expands 1.35 inch. 
Upper side bright copper-red, secondaries only having a narrow marginal 
border of paler color ; on arc of primaries a fuscous bar and in cell a spot; oh 
arc of secondaries a streak; otherwise immaculate except as the spots of under 
side are faintly seen through the delicate wings ; hind margins edged by a black 
line; fringes gray-white. 
Under side buff; primaries have a sub-marginal row of brown spots, wanting 
apically; a sinuous row of six rounded black spots across disk, the sixth duplex; 
a bar on arc, two spots in cell and one below cell; secondaries immaculate. 
Body fuscous, beneath buff; legs and palpi buff; antennae annulated with black 
and white; club fuscous, tip fulvous. 
Female. — Same size. 
Upper side yellow-fulvous ; secondaries much obscured by fuscous, especially 
next base and just anterior to the red marginal border; primaries have a similar 
border preceded by a fuscous band; the extra-discal row of spots distinct; a 
large spot on arc and one in cell; secondaries have a discal streak and four spots 
beyond, part of an incomplete transverse row; under side as in the male. 
This species was originally taken in Oregon by Professor Gabb, while engaged 
in a geological survey, but from what locality is not known. It is also among 
the butterflies collected in Montana, by Dr. Hayden’s expedition of 1870. 
