120 AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGY. 



Clytus CAPREA. — Specific cliaracter. Fuscous; thorax with 

 the anterior edge yellow ; elytra with four bands at tip, yellow. 



C. caprea nobis, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Vol. iii. p. 424. 



Desc. Body blackish, hairy : head immaculate ; antennae short, 

 dull rufous : thorax very hairy ; a longitudinal series of trans- 

 verse, abbreviated, elevated lines, of which the anterior one is 

 much more elevated : a yellow line on the anterior edge, inter- 

 rupted on the side : scutel small, black : elytra dark brown, black- 

 ish towards the base ; four bands and tip yellow : the first and 

 second bands on each elytrum are united in the form of a circle, 

 only interrupted by the prominent humerus ; third band central, 

 and representing a common M ; fourth band drawn obliquely 

 backward from from the suture ; tip emarginate, a prominent 

 spine at the exterior angle : abdomen and posterior portion of the 

 postpectus fasciate with bright yellow sericeous hair : feet hairy, 

 rufous or blackish ; posterior pair elongated ; thighs dilated mu- 

 cronate at tip. 



Ohs. A handsome species, easily distinguished from others 

 by the rugous thoracic line', combined with the at the base 

 of the elytra. It inhabits this^State, and Mr T. Nuttall pre 

 sented me with many specimens which he found in Arkansaw. 

 The bands of the elytra are sometimes white. 



The left figure of the plate. 



[This was subsequently described as C. elcvatus and C. gibhi- 

 colUs Lap and Gory. — Lec] 



DANAUS. Plate LIV. 



Generic cliaracter. Anterior feet spurious in both sexes ; an- 

 tennae terminated by a club ; palpi distant, subcylindric, slender, 

 short ; inferior wings rounded, not forming a groove for the re- 

 ception of the abdomen ; nails of the tarsi simple. 



Ohs. Latreille established this genus to comprehend the Fa- 

 brician genera Euploea and Idea. They were included in the 

 genus Papilio by Linnaeus, and formed part of his division of 

 Danai festioi. 



Danaus PLEXIPPUS — Specific character. Wings entire, ful- 

 vous, with dilated black veins, margin black, with white dots. 



Papilio danaus plexipp)us Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. vol. i. part 5, 

 p. 2278 



