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Uncas

Plate XLVII — Uncas is Fig. 27
Plate XLVII — Uncas is Fig. 27

Butterfly.--The upper side of the wings of both sexes is well represented in the plate. On the under side in both sexes the wings are beautifully marked with conspicuous pearly-white spots on a greenish-gray ground. The spots are defined in wardly and outwardly by dark olive shades and spots. Expanse, male, 1.30 inch; female, 1.55 inch.

Early Stages.--We know nothing of these.

The insect ranges from Pennsylvania to Colorado and Montana.