_Phyciodes nycteis_, Doubleday and | | Hewitson, ♂, _under side_. | | 29. _Phyciodes nycteis_, Doubleday and | | Hewitson, ♂. | | 30. _Phyciodes nycteis_, Doubleday and | | Hewitson, ♀. | | 31. _Phyciodes orseis_, Edwards, ♂. | | 32. _Phyciodes camillus_, Edwards, ♂. | | 33. _Phyciodes camillus_, Edwards, ♀. | | 34. _Phyciodes camillus_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 35. _Phyciodes batesi_, Reakirt, ♂. | | 36. _Phyciodes batesi_, Reakirt, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 37. _Phyciodes pratensis_, Behr, ♂. | | 38. _Phyciodes pratensis_, Behr, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 39. _Eresia punctata_, Edwards, ♂. | | 40. _Phyciodes mylitta_, Edwards, ♂, | | _under side_. | | 41. _Phyciodes mylitta_, Edwards, ♂. | | 42. _Eresia frisia_, Poey, ♂. | | | | [Illustration PLATE XVII.] | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ _Butterfly_, ♂.--On the upper side it closely resembles the winter form _marcia_ of _Phyciodes tharos_, Drury; but the black markings are more evenly distributed. The under side is a pale yellowish-fulvous, and the black markings are slight. ♀.--The female is like the male, but paler. Expanse, ♂, 1.15 inch; ♀, 1.25 inch. _Early Stages._--The chrysalis has been described by Edwards in the "Canadian Entomologist," vol. xi, p. 129. This is all we know of the early life of the insect. It is found in Texas and Mexico. (4) =Phyciodes phaon=, Edwards, Plate XVII, Fig. 22, ♂; Fig. 23. ♀, _under side_ (Phaon). _Butterfly_, ♂.--The ground-color of the male is paler on the upper side than in _Phyciodes tharos_, and the black markings are much heavier. The median band on the fore wings is yellowish. The wings on the under side are yellow, shaded with fulvous on the primaries, on which the dark markings are heavy. ♀.--Like the male. Expanse, ♂, .90 inch; ♀, 1.25 inch. _Early Stages._--Unknown. This insect inhabits the Gulf States, and has been occasionally taken in Kansas. (5) =Phyciodes tharos=, Drury, Plate XVIII, Fig. 1, ♂; Fig. 2, ♀; var. =marcia=, Edwards, Plate XVIII, Fig. 3, ♂; Fig. 4, ♀; Plate V, Figs. 20-22, _chrysalis_ (The Pearl Crescent).