mentioned genus, is that of the somewhat 

 checkered appearance of the inferior page of 

 the posterior wings. A more remarkable dis- 

 tinction may he observed in the larvae, which 

 are not armed with spines as in Argynnis, but 

 are pubescent, with small fleshy tubercles on 

 the body; the pupa is suspended by the tail. 



The genus under the present name, was 

 separated from the Linnaean Papilio, by Fa- 

 bricius. 



MELIT^ MYRINA. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Wings slightly indented, fulvous, with black 

 spots and undulated lines; beneath with more 

 than thirty silvery spots, and an ocellate spot 

 near the base of the inferior ones. 



PLATE 46. 



