Genus Melitaea 
9.—Much like the male. Expanse, 8 , 1.50 inch; 9, 1.75 inch. 
Early Stages .—Unknown. 
This pretty insect ranges from southern California and Arizona 
to Nevada, Montana, and British America. 
(23) Melitaea wrighti, Edwards, Plate XVII, Fig. 9, 8 ; Fig. 
10, 9 , under side (Wright’s Checker-spot). 
Butterfly. —Much like M. leanira, but with more fulvous upon 
the upper side of the wings, and the under side yellow. The 
black bands on the secondaries are reduced, and the dividing- 
lines between the spots are confined to the nervules, which are 
narrowly black. This is probably only a varietal form of the 
preceding species. I figure the types. Expanse, $, 1.30 inch; 
9, 1.80 inch. 
Early Stages .— Unknown. 
Habitat, southern California. 
(24) Melitaea alma, Strecker, Plate XVII, Fig. 1, 8 (Strecker’s 
Checker-spot). 
Butterfly , 8 . —The upper side of the wings is bright fulvous, 
with the margins and veins black. There are three rows of 
transverse spots paler than the ground-color. The fore wings on 
the under side are pale fulvous, with pale-yellow spots and a sub¬ 
marginal and marginal row of yellow spots separated by a narrow 
black line. The hind wings on this side are yellow, with the 
veins and margins black, and a transverse double band of black 
on the outer margin of the median area. 
9.—Much like the male, but larger, and redder on the upper 
side. Expanse, 8 , 1.25 inch; 9 , 1.50 inch. 
Early Stages .—Unknown. 
The specimens I have came from the Death Valley. The spe¬ 
cies occurs in southern Utah and Arizona. 
(25) Melitaea thekla, Edwards, Plate XVII, Fig. 15, 8 , under 
side; Fig. 16, 8 (Thekla). 
Butterfly , 8 .—The upper side of the wings is fulvous, black 
toward the base and on the outer margin. The primaries are 
adorned with a large oval pale-fulvous spot at the end of the cell, 
a small one on the middle of the upper side of the cell, and another 
small one below the cell, at the origin of the first median nervule. 
The discal area is defined outwardly by a very irregular fine black 
transverse line, beyond which is a transverse band of pale-fulvous 
oblong spots, an incomplete series of spots of the ground-color 
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