Genus Melitaea 
cone, with fifteen or sixteen vertical ribs, which are highest 
about the middle. 
Caterpillar. —The matured caterpillar is reddish-fulvous, with 
a black stripe on the back. Each segment is marked with one 
black ring before and two black rings behind the sets of spiny 
tubercles with which the segments are adorned. There are nine 
rows of spines, those above the feet being quite small. The 
spines are black, tapering, and set with diverging black hairs. 
The food-plants are aster and Diplopappus umbellatus. 
Chrysalis ,—The chrysalis is pearly-gray or white, blotched 
with dark brown or black. 
This choice little butterfly ranges from Nova Scotia to Wis¬ 
consin, extending as far south as northern Illinois, and north¬ 
ward to Ottawa. 
(18) Melitaea elada, Hewitson, Plate XVII, Fig. 2, $ 
(Hewitson’s Checker-spot). 
Butterfly , $ —The wings on the upper side are black, crossed 
by numerous bands of small fulvous spots, the one crossing 
the middle of the median area being composed of the largest 
spots. The fore wings on the under side are fulvous, shading 
outwardly into ferruginous. The spots and bands of the upper 
side reappear upon the under side, but are lighter, and the sub¬ 
marginal row of crescents is pale yellow and very distinct, the 
spot between the second and third median nervules being the 
largest, and the spot between the fourth and fifth subcostals 
being only a little smaller. The under side of the hind wings is 
deep ferruginous, crossed by bands of pearly pale-yellow spots, 
those of the outer margin being the largest. 
$ .--The female is much like the male, with the ground-color 
a little paler. Expanse, ^,.90 inch; $, 1.00-1.10 inch. 
Early Stages.— Unknown. 
This little species is found in western Texas, Arizona, and 
northern Mexico. 
(19) Melitaea dymas, Edwards, Plate XVI, Fig. 18, $ 
(Dymas). 
Butterfly.— This species is closely related in size and the style 
of some of the markings to the foregoing species, but may be 
at once distinguished by the lighter ground-color, which is pale 
fulvous, and the totally different style of the marginal markings 
on the under side of the wings. The female represented in the 
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