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Simius

Plate XLVII — Simius is Fig. 8
Plate XLVII — Simius is Fig. 8

Butterfly.--The upper side of the male is correctly figured in the plate. The wings on the under side are quite pale; the spots of the fore wing reappear on the under side, and the fore wing is blackish at the base; the hind wing has the angle at the base broadly white, with a broad white blotch at the end of the cell, and a semicircular curved band of obscure spots traversing the middle of the wing. Expanse, male, .90 inch; female, 1.20 inch.

Early Stages.--Unknown.

The species was originally described from Colorado.