Genus Ageronra 
(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) Pyrrhanaea 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 antennae 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 „ 
, . . 0 , , . Fig. 112.— Neuration ol 
their wings expanded and their heads the genus Ageronia . 
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