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"brown and the white spots prominent. Beneath, both sexes are bronzy- 

 brown with violet reflections, with a brown patch in the middle of the 

 fore wings, in which are four white spots. There is a narrow band of 

 brown crossing tip of fore wing and three bands crossing hind wings, the 

 two outer have four yellowish-encircled dots between them, the upper of 

 which is whitish pupiled. Expands l.GO to 1.75. 



GENUS XXX. 

 TIMETES. SABER-WINGED BUTTERFLIES. 

 Size, medium to large, varj-ing in color from orange 

 to brown above, often banded with darker Antennae 

 nearly as long as the body. Fore wings triangular, with 

 tlie apex much produced and bent downward. Hind wings 

 also triangular and provided with two tails, the outer of 

 which is much the longest^ Type T. coresia (Plate YI, 5.) 



232. TIMETES CORESIA Godt. 

 Brown and White Saber-aving. 



Size, medium. Above, velvety brown, with purplish luster, palest 

 basally, where are four faint bands of darker on fore wings, and two on 

 hind. Outer margin purplish brown, within which is a fainter band of 

 purplish. There is a marginal band of dark brown that encloses a line 

 of reddish, which becomes bright at inner angle, and extends down into 

 the short tail. There are two black crescents near inner angle. Be- 

 neath, outer portion of both Avings violaceous brown, with pale bronzy re- 

 flections. Patch in apex of fore wings *and marginal band, paler, the 

 latter enclosing a reddish line as above. The brown is furrowed by a 

 saolloped black line, against which rests a line of golden red, with the 

 inner edge straight and the space between this and the base of the wings 

 is silvery white, crossed by three lines of reddish, the outer reaching 

 nearly to the lower edge of the hind Avings, the next is a little shorter, 

 and the third quite short. Body beneath, legs, and loAver side of palpi 

 white. Expands 1.50. Habitat, Texas, where it is rare, and southward. 



233. TIMETES PETREUS Cram. 



Orange Saber-wing. 

 Size, large. Apex of fore Avings much produced and bent, Fig. 33. 

 b. Outer tail .60 long, inner, ,20. Above, bright reddish orange with 

 the upper margin of fore wings bordered Avith dusky, more widely toward 



