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Martial's Dusky-Wing (Thanaos martialis Than'a-os)

Thanaos martialis (Than'a-os mar-ti-a'lis) PLATE XLV, FIG. 5 The wings are brown above, conspicuously marked with spots of a darker shade; the spots are well defined and give the wings a checkered appearance. There is a row of small white spots just before the apex of the fore wing, one in cell M., and one more or less distinct in cell R+M.

This species differs from the following, which it most closely resembles of all our Eastern species, by its smaller size and the more strongly contrasting colors. Expanse of wings about one and one-fourth inches.

This species is distributed throughout the Atlantic States and westward to Colorado.