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Ottoe

Plate XLVI — Ottoe is Fig. 11
Plate XLVI — Ottoe is Fig. 11

Butterfly.--Considerably larger than the preceding species. The wings of the male on the upper side are pale fulvous, narrowly bordered with black. The discal stigma is dark and prominent. The female has the wings on the upper side more broadly but more faintly margined with dusky. The wings of both sexes on the under side are uniformly pale fulvous or buff, marked with dark brown or blackish at the base of the fore wings. Expanse, male, 1.35 inch; female, 1.45-1.50 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

The habitat of this species is Kansas and Nebraska.