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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



larval state on hackberiy, with habits similar to those 

 of Clyton. 



Texas, Florida. 



80. PAPHIA TROGLODYTA, Fab. 



Expanse of wings from 1.7 to 1.9 inches. 

 Male (Fig. 67). Upper surface copper-red, outer 

 margin edged with a black border, with gray or purple 



FIG. 67. 



Paphia Troglodyta, male (natural size). 



reflections. At the end of the cell of the fore wings is 

 a black bar, and a black patch on the costa'of the hind 



wings. 



Under side dead-leaf brown with a gray lustre, tinted 

 on hind margin of fore wings with reddish, and through- 

 out covered with dark scales. The basal half of fore 

 wings deep-colored, limited without by a wavy edge ; be- 

 yond this, and reaching to the dark marginal border, is 

 a broad wavy band of paler color, bifurcate at the costal 



