Genus Ageronia 



(2) Pyrrhanaea morrisoni, Edwards, Plate XXIV, Fig. 2, ? 

 (Morrison's Goatweed Butterfly). 



Butterfly, $. Much like P. andria, but more brilliantly and 

 lustrously red on the upper side, and marked with paler macular 

 bands like the female. 



? . Differing from the female of P. andria in the more mac- 

 ular, or spotted, arrangement of the light bands on the wings, as 

 is well shown in the plate. Expanse, 2.25-2.50 inches. 



Early Stages. Unknown. 



This species occurs in Arizona and Mexico. 



(3) Pyrrhansea portia,Fabricius, Plate XXIV, Fig. 3, $ (Portia). 

 Butterfly. Splendid purplish-red on the upper side. On the 



under side the fore wings are laved with bright yellow on the 

 basal and inner marginal tracts, and the secondaries are dark 

 brown, irrorated with blackish scales arranged in spots and striae. 

 Expanse, 2.75-3.00 inches. 



Early Stages. Unknown. 



Portia occurs in the extreme southern part of Florida and in 

 the Antilles. 



Genus AGERONIA, Hiibner 

 (The Calicoes) 



Butterfly. The antennse moderately long, delicate, terminated 

 in a gradually thickened club. The eyes are naked; the palpi 

 are compressed, only slightly porrect, not 

 densely covered with scales. The neuration 

 is alike in both sexes, the costal and the median 

 veins greatly thickened toward the base. The 

 first and second subcostals arise from before 

 the end of the cell; the fourth and fifth sub- 

 costals arise from a common stem emitted 

 from the third subcostal beyond the end of 

 the cell. The cells in both the fore and hind 

 wings are closed. The butterflies are of 

 medium or large size, curiously marked with 

 checkered spots, blue and white, with 

 broad paler shades on the under side of the 

 secondaries. They are rapid fliers and are 

 said to alight on the trunks of trees with 

 their wings expanded and their heads 



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FIG. 112. Neuration of 

 the genus Ageronia. 



