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The Roadside Butterfly or the Clouded Sulphur

Eurymus philodice (Eu'ry-mus phi-lod'i-ce) PLATE XVII, FIG. 1-3 The wings above are rather pale greenish yellow, with the outer borders blackish brown; the border is broader on the front wings of the female than on those of the male, and contains a submarginal row of yellow spots which are absent in the male; the discal dot of the front wings is black, that of the hind wings is orange, usually with a smaller accompanying dot. The antennæ, the costal margin of the fore wings, the fringes of the wings, and the hairs on the pronotum are pink. The wings below vary from a rather pale to a rather deep sulphur yellow and are flecked more or less with brown scales; the discal spots are silvery in the center; that of the front wings is black, that of the hind wings brown, surrounded by a pinkish brown ring; there is a submarginal row of dots; the three in cells, M., Cu,, and Cu, of the front wings are usually black, the others brown or pinkish; there is a pink spot at the base of the hind wings. The wings ex- 3 4 5 Plate XVII. 6 4