84 NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES, 



scarlet. Fore wings, elongated and rather pointed. Hind 

 wings, short and rounded. Antennae, about two-thirds as 

 long as body, terminating in a rounded club. Type, S. ja- 

 NAis. (Plate, V, 1.) 



202. SYNCHLOE JANAIS Dru. 

 Crimson-patched Butterfly. 

 Black above, with a sub-marginal row of white dots on fore wings, 

 and one on upper margin of hind ; four near end of central cell, three 

 within it near middle, and two below it, one near base of wing and one 

 in the middle. Hind wings, with a large, central patch of crimson. Be- 

 neath, also black, with a double series of sub-marginal white dots ; three 

 dots at end of cell, three Avithin it in a line parellel with the veins, and 

 two below the cell. Two enlarged, sub-marginal, white spots near cen- 

 ter of outer border of hind wing, and within this, a row of white dots, 

 the upper and lowest of which are the largest. Central spot, with the 

 inner two thirds, yellow, inclosing four black spots near its base. Ex- 

 pands, 2.25. Habitat, Washita Valley, Texas and southward to Mex- 

 ico and Central America. 



203. SYNCHLOE MEDIATRIX Feld. 

 Mediator Butterfly. 

 Above, black, with a band of pale reddish yellow, crossing center 

 of both wings ; two spots at end of cell on fore wing, and one within it, 

 white. There is a narrow band of faintly defined spots, and beside it, 

 are a number of small dots. There is a double row of small white spots 

 of equal size on outer border. Hind wings have three equal bands of 

 sub-marginal, reddish spots, often confluent on outer portion, within 

 which are white dots. Beneath, with markings more diluted on fore 

 wings, spotted about equally with yellow and white, and on hind wings, 

 most of the spots are white. Habitat, Texas and southward. 



204. SYNCHLOE ADJUTRIX Scud. 

 Allied Butterfly. 

 Closely allied to S. mediatrix, differing mainly from it in having the 

 central band of yellow on hind wings, broadest in the middle. Expands, 

 1.80. Habitat, Texas. 



