Genus Calephelis 



plate. On the under side the wings are pale red, marked with a 

 few black spots, representing on the under side the markings 

 of the upper side. Of these, the spots of the median and sub- 

 marginal bands are most conspicuous. Expanse, i. 00-1.35 

 inch. 



(a) Lemonias zela, Butler, var. cleis, Edwards, Plate XXVIII, 

 Fig. 19, $ ; Fig. 20, ? (Cleis). 



The pale variety, cleis, is sufficiently well represented in our 

 plate to need no description. On the under side it is like L. 

 %ela. 



The species occurs in Arizona and Mexico. 



Genus CALEPHELIS, Grote and Robinson 



Butterfly. — Very small, brown or reddish in color, with me- 

 tallic spots upon the wings. Head small; eyes naked; antennae 

 relatively long, slender, with a bluntly rounded 

 club. Palpi very short; the third joint small, 

 pointed. The accompanying cut shows the neu- 

 ration. 



Early Stages. — Entirely unknown. 

 (1) Calephelis csenius, Linnaeus, Plate 

 XXVIII, Fig. 16, 6 (The Little Metal-mark). 

 Fig. 127.— Neu- Butterfly. — Very small, reddish-brown on the 

 tation of the genus upper side, brighter red on the under side. On 



Calephelis. , , , , , 



both the upper and under sides the wings are 

 profusely spotted with small steely-blue metallic markings, ar- 

 ranged in more or less regular transverse series, especially on the 

 outer margin. Expanse, .75 inch. 



Early Stages. — The life-history is unknown. 



Cccnius is common in Florida, and ranges thence northward 

 to Virginia and westward to Texas. 



(2) Calephelis borealis, Grote and Robinson, Plate XXVIII, 

 Fig. 12, $, under side; Fig. 13, 6 (The Northern Metal-mark). 



Butterfly. — Fully twice as large as the preceding species. The 

 wings on the upper side are sooty-brown, spotted with black, 

 and marked by a marginal and submarginal series of small me- 

 tallic spots. On the under side the wings are light red, spotted 

 with a multitude of small black spots arranged in regular series. 



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