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. 
^he 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 caenius, Linnaeus, Plate 
XXVIII, Fig. 16, $ (The Little Metal-mark). 
Fig. 127.— Neu- Butterfly. —Very small, reddish-brown on the 
helis^ g enus upper side, brighter red on the under side. On 
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. 
Ccenius is common in Florida, and ranges thence northward 
to Virginia and westward to Texas. 
(2) Calephelis borealis, Grote and Robinson, Plate XXVIII, 
Fig. 12, 6 , 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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