ISrORTir AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. 7o 



17S. MELITAEA CHARA Edw. 

 CiiARA Checker. 

 Similar to M. perse above, but differs in having the outer margin 

 of hind -wings beneath, black, not buff nor orange, and the spots of out- 

 er row are rounded or crescent-shaped. Expands, 1.1 •"> to 1.40. Habi- 

 tat, Southern Arizona. 



171). MELITAEA LEANIRA Ed. 



WlIITE-BAXDED ClIECKER. 



Above, dark brown with a reddish marginal band of spots on fove 

 wings, then a row of yellow dots, followed by an irregular band of larg- 

 er spots and two yellow spots, and a bar in the central cell; beneath 

 the cell is a dot and a heart-shaped sp<jt. On hind wings are two rows 

 of spots near the middle of the wing, the outer dots and tlie inner larger. 

 In the cell are two spots, the outer a crescent and the inner a dot. Be- 

 neath, reddish on fore wings. margined with buff, within which is a black 

 band, and inside this are two rows of white. Hind wings buff fringed 

 with black, and with a narrow, sub-marginal band of black, followed by 

 one of the same color, broader, and containing a row of white spots, Fig. 

 30, a, and there is an intricate pattern in black, at base of wing. An- 

 tennae, wholly reddish. Expands, 1.25 to l.TiJ. Habitat, California, 

 Arizona, Nevada, Montana, and Garnett Ranche, British America. 



180. INIELITAEA ALMA Str. 

 Strecker's Checker. 

 Both wings above margined with black, within which is a row of 

 spots on fore, and a band on hind, of orange, within this, is a black band, 

 indistinct on hind wings, followed by a narrow, yellow band, then a sec- 

 ond band of orange, then a second yellow band, then an irregular band 

 of black on fore wings, and between this and the outer black band, is a 

 black spot on upper margin of both wings ; in central cell of fore wings 

 is a black band, and the base of hind wing is black, containhig two yel- 

 low spots in central cell. Beneath, yellowish, with the marginal black 

 band to both wings, and the sub-marginal band on fore wings, and be- 

 tween these two bands on fore wings, near the middle of the border, is 

 a spot of orange, and on these Avings, two bands of orange, the outer of 

 which is divided for its upper half, forming a Y. Hind wings crossed 

 by a sub-marginal band of black, containing a row of white spots. Fig. 

 30, b, similar to that seen in 'M. Icanira, but larger tlian in that spe- 

 cies. Expands 1.30. Habitat, Arizona and Southern Utah. 



