AKGYNNIS II. 



next base, are edged witli black above ; the three round spots near base circled with 

 black. 



Body above color of base, below light l)u£f; legs and palpi still lighter; anten- 

 nic fulvous above, ferruginous below ; club black, ferruginous at tip. 



Female. Expands 3.5 inches. 



Luteous ; the base more obscure, often almost black, spots and lines heavier. 



Under side duller colored ; the band on secondaries broad and immaculate. 



The two species, Gybele and Aphrodite, have generally been confounded by au- 

 thors and collectors. Boisduval and LeConte say, "it appears to us without doubt 

 that P. Aiihrodite of Fabricius is the same as his Cybele, only we believe that he 

 has described the male from nature under the name of Aphrodite, and the female 

 under the name of Cybele from the figure of Cramer." The figure in Boisduval 

 and LeConte is that of Cybele female. 



The Daphnis of Cramer represents neither Cyliele nor Aphrodite. The fore 

 wings are too narrow and pointed for either. The color and markings of upper 

 surface are nearest Aphrodite ; the under side of hind wings is also nearest Aphro- 

 dite in the basal color, but it has the immaculate yellow band of Cybele. 



Godart says " Cybele has the outer row of silver spots separated from the next 

 by Hi pale transverse sinuous band, broad in the female, very narrow in the male;" 

 of Aphrodite, "that it has a yellow band posteriorly," thus confusing the two spe- 

 cies and the sexes of one ; inasmuch as Cybele in both sexes has a broad yellow 

 band, and Aphrodite a narrow one, iisually so encroached on by the basal color as 

 not imjiropcrly to be called a "sinuous" band, but if anything, broad in the male, 

 narrow in the female. Godart adds, "we find it (Ajahrodite) very similar to Cy- 

 bele." 



In Harris' Insects of Mass. 2d ed. 18G2, Ai)hrodite is described as being 

 "tawny yellow in the males, ochre yellow in the females," which applies pretty 

 well to Cybele, but not at all to Aphrodite. The figure given is Aphrodite female. 

 Cybele is not mentioned by Dr. Harris as found in Xew England. 



In Westwood and Humphrey's British Butterflies is a general descrii^tion and 

 a figure of what is called an Aphrodite, an American insect, on one occasion taken 

 in England. It is certainly not to be recognised as A2)hrodite or any other Ame- 

 rican species. The text says, "there are several very closely allied American spe- 

 cies including the present, if indeed they are not merely varieties of each other." 



Kirbv (Fauna Bor.) describes Aphrodite at length, and his descrijation is 

 co]iied in jNIori'is, (Syn. Lep. N. Am.) He gives Aphrodite as synonymous with 

 C'vbcle. I have followed this description carefully, with specimens of both in 

 hand, and am unable to determine which he describes. He says, "primary wings 

 'titvmy orani/e' — at the jDOSterior margin is a deep oran(je band edged with black;" 



