Al'ATURA II. 



except the hhid mctryni, irliU-h is i/e/loir. In the sub-median interspace of second- 

 aries are three hrotcn s/ripc--^ radtafi/tf/ from a common point near the Ijdse, and 

 )iearer the disk are three brown sjxtts or pulches. All which is in contrast to 

 Celf'is. In Fahricins' description of Li/cdon tlie apex of the hind wings is called 

 rufous (apice rufls). and the outer spots on the {brewing are placed on the 

 " apex." By modern authors the ajiex of the wing is the upper outer angle, 

 and not being aware of the Fabrician designation when I wrote my notes u|)on 

 Celiis, I was much puzzled at the statement that the apex of the hind wing was 

 I'ufous. I have since learned from Mr. A. G. Butler, that Fabricius divided the 

 wing into three sections, basal, discal. and apical, the latter division comprising 

 about one third of the surlace, namelv. the wliok' extra-discal and maru'inal area. 

 And so explained the description agrees with Jones' Hgure, the area spoken of 

 beino- rufous or fulvous. 



In the text of Celtls, 1 stated that the species had l)een taken in the Valley of 

 the Connecticut River, erroneously (| noting from a letter of Professor Parker. 

 On the contrary it is not known tha* f'eJtif< lias l)een taken within the limits of 

 New England. Nevertheless it prol)ably dwells there, or at le;ist comes as an 

 occasional visitor. 



By some late authors these American species of Apatura have been separated 

 from the European, and placed in the genus Doxocopa, which is attributed to 

 Iliibner. In the Verz. bek. Schmett., Hiibner has a coitus Doxocopa, thus de- 

 lined, " The wings changeable blue on a dusky ground, marked with single 

 ocellar spots," and under it the European species [r'ii< and IlUi stand, as is 

 proper, being blue. But to place brown or red Inittertlies in Doxocopa, which 

 expres.sly calls for blue, is to do violence to Iliibnei-'s arrangement, and is not to 

 be thought of For myself I do not regard the coitus as genera and ailmit no 

 generic names whatever based upon them. 



