Genus Neophasia 
(i) Dismorphia melite, Linnaeus, Plate XXXVII, Fig. 17, $ ; 
Fig. 18, ? (The Mime). 
Butterfly .—The figures in the plate make a description of the 
upper side unnecessary. On the under side the wings of the 
male are shining white, except the costa, which is evenly dull 
ochreous from the base to the apex. The hind wings are ochre- 
ous, mottled with pale brown. The female, on the under side, 
has the fore wings very pale yellow, with the black spots of the 
upper side reproduced; the hind wings are deeper yellow, mot¬ 
tled with pale-brown spots and crossed by a moderately broad 
transverse pale-brown band of the same color. 
Early Stages. —Unknown. 
The species is credited to our fauna on the authority of Reakirt. 
It is abundant in Mexico. It mimics certain forms of Ithomiinx. 
Genus NEOPHASIA, Behr 
* l It was an hour of universal joy. 
The lark was up and at the gate of heaven, 
Singing, as sure to enter when he came; 
The butterfly was basking in my path, 
His radiant wings unfolded.” 
Rogers. 
Butterfly .—Medium sized, white in color, more nearly related 
in the structure of its wings to the European genus Aporia than 
to any other of the American pieridine genera. The upper radial 
is lacking, and the subcostal is provided with five 
branches, the first emitted well before the end of 
the cell; the second likewise emitted before the 
end of the cell and terminating at the apex; the 
third, fourth, and fifth rising from a common stalk 
at the outer upper angle of the cell. 
Early Stages .—The egg is flask-shaped, fluted 
on the sides, recalling the shape of the “pearl- 
top ” lamp-chimney. The caterpillar, in its mature 
form, is about an inch long. The body is cylindri- 
ration* of \heg^enus caI > terminating in two short anal tails. The color 
Neophasia. " is dark green, with a broad white band on each side, 
and a narrow band of white on the back. The feet are black, and 
the prolegs greenish-yellow. The chrysalis is dark green, striped 
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