48 NORTH a:merican butterflies. 



lower and middle branches of middle vein, near the central cell. Fig. 19, 

 c, and the white edgings to the veinings are more conspicuous. Expands, 

 2.60 to 2.75. Habitat, Texas, Arizona, and Southern Cahfornia. 



GENUS XIII. 

 DIRCENNA. THIN-WINGED BUTTERFLIES. 



Size, medium to large. Colors, dull red, more or less 

 spotted with lighter. Antennae, more than two-thirds the 

 length of the body. Fore wings, longer than twice the 

 width; hind wings, short; and both are rounded at apex 

 and are triangular. Body, long, projecting considerably 

 beyond hind Avings. See Fig. 19, a. 



98. DIRCENNA KLUGII Hub. 

 Hubner's Butterfly. 

 Form of D. jermima. Fig. 19, a. Reddish brown above, darker on 

 apex of fore wings, and spotted with lighter. (For fuller description 

 see Appendix.) Habitat, Mexico, rare in Southern Texas. 



GENUS XIY. COLAENIS. RED LONG-WINGS. 



Size, medium to large. Colors, reddish above, bor- 

 dered, and often banded, but not very conspicuously, with 

 black. Clouded below. Antennae, about three-fourths as 

 long as body. Fore wings, longer than twice their width, 

 rounded at apex. Hind wings, short, wider than long, and 

 triangular. Central cell, closed. Body, not projecting 

 beyond hind wing. Type, C. julia, (Plate III, 3.) 



99. COLAENIS JULIA Fab. 

 Julia's Butterfly. 

 Size, large. Male, above, bright reddish orange, whitish on upper- 

 fourth of hind wings, with prominent veins on fore wings, upper margin 

 of fore, and band crossing obliquely from upper vein to outer margin of 

 both wings, dull black. Within the bordering of hind wings, are two 

 rows of narrow, reddish spots. Beneath, much paler, clouded with 



