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NORTH AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 



apex. There are three black bands crossing both wings, and two or 

 three in central cell of fore wings. On the hind wings the outer band 

 is doubled, enclosing an orange line that becomes white on upper border, 

 where the band is considerably widened. There is a dusky margin to 

 hind wings, covering both tails, and this is darkened in the middle, while 

 this dark center sends a band on to the fore wings, which fades toward 

 the apex. The long tail has a white dot at tip, and above the short tail 

 is a double bluish ringed black spot, and above this another with two 

 rings, and above this a black dot. Beneath, pale brown with violet re- 

 flections and the lines are faintly indicated in darker. There is a line 

 of points in outer portion of both wings. Expands 3.00 to 3.25. Hab- 

 itat, Indian River, Florida, and southward. 



Fig. 33. 





a b c 



a, hind wing, upper side, Junonia genoveva; b, fore wing, upper side, Timetes petreus; c 

 Bame, T. eleucha. 



234. TIMETES ELEUCHA Doubl.-Hew. 



Short Saber-wing. 

 Size, large. Similar to T. petreus, but diifers in having the apex 

 of fore wing not nearly as much produced ; the second band is bent as 

 seen in Fig. 33 c, the double band on hind wings is not greatly widened 

 on upper border, and there is no white enclosed, the marginal band on 

 hind wings is slight and double, but heavier and more extended on fore 

 pair, there are three brownish eye spots near inner angle, black-pupiled 

 and white-ringed, and lastly the tails are shorter; outer about .40, in- 

 ner, .1.5. 



235. TIMETES CHIRON Fab. 



Chiron Saber-wing. 

 Size of T, coresia but the apex of fore wings, although produced, is 

 not bent as much. Fig. 34, a. Brown as in coresia, but both wings are 

 crossed with four yellowish brown bands above ; there are five dots in a- 

 pex of fore wings and an extra eye spot in inner angle of hind wings. 

 Beneath, the light lines are repeated in violaceous, and the white base 



