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323. CALEPHELIS AUSTRALIS Edw. 



Southern Pigmy. 



Similar to C. borealis, but differs in having the outer margin of fore 



wings, much bent outward in the middle, in not bemg as red above, and 



the black lead lines are not as heav)'. Expands 1.00 to 1.05. Habitat, 



Southern Texas and Arizona. 



324. CALEPHELIS NEMESIS Edw. 



Avenging Pigmy. 



Pale brown above, darker on basal half. Both wings crossed by 



two lines of lead colored dots, within which are two lines of black dots, 



one central, the other basal. Expands, 1.00. Habitat, Arizona and 



Southern California. 



GENUS XLIX. EUMENIA. SLUGGISH BUTTERFLIES. 

 Size, medium. Colors, black, relieved with orange 

 and greenish spots. Wings, short and rounded. Central 

 cell, closed. Antennae short, not as long as body with the 

 club enlarging very gradually from the middle, then nar- 

 rowing to the tip. Type E. atala. (Plate, IX, 6.) 



325. EUMENIA ATALA Poey. 

 Green-spotted Sluggard. 



Black above, with fore wings overwashed with green on basal three- 

 fourths. Hind wings, with a little green on either side of the central 

 vein, and with a broad border of bluish-green crescents. Beneath, black 

 no markings on fore wings ; on hind wings three rows of bluish-green 

 spots; on outer half of the wing, and on lower margin is an oblong red- 

 dish orange patch. Expands l.GOto 1.80, Habitat, Extreme Southern 

 Florida, near Byscayne Bay. Occurs throughout the year. 



Family IV. LYCAENIDAE. The Little Butterflies. 



Size, small. Legs, six. ^^jjieXxNae, straight. Hixd 

 wings, rounded. 



