PL. XXII
(2) Phyciodes tharos (Drury), [Plate XXII], Fig. 1, ♂. Variety marcia Edwards, [Plate XXII], Fig. 2, ♂ (The Pearl Crescent).
A very common little butterfly, which everybody must have noticed in late spring or early summer flitting about lawns and gardens, and in fall abounding upon clumps of asters. It may easily be recognized from the figures given. Expanse from 1.25-1.65 inch. The variety marcia comes from larvæ which have hibernated during the winter, and is lighter and brighter in color, especially beneath, than butterflies of the later summer and fall broods.
Eggs laid on asters and related plants; greenish yellow. Matured caterpillar dark brown, dotted on the back with yellow; adorned with short, bristly, black spines, yellow at base. Chrysalis pale gray, blotched with spots of brown.
Ranges from southern Labrador to Florida and westward to the Pacific Coast.
(3) Phyciodes batesi (Reakirt), [Plate XXII], Fig. 3, ♂, upper side; Fig. 4, under side, ♀ (Bates’ Crescent-spot).
Above closely resembling P. tharos, but with the dark markings much heavier; below hind wings quite uniformly pale yellowish fulvous, with a row of very pale marginal crescents; ends of veins tipped with brown. Expanse 1.25-1.65 inch.
Ranges from New England to Virginia and westward to the Mississippi.
