near the base, near which they become con- 

 fused, they enclose a black spot ; a series of black 

 dots, angles, and margin, as in the superior 

 wings; beneath tinged with ferruginous, and 

 varied with ochreous spots, with four transverse 

 series of silvery spots; the second series inter- 

 rupted by ochreous spots, between the first and 

 second series is a small silvery ocellate spot 

 with a black pupil ; beyond the third series, is 

 a series of obsolete brown dots. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This pretty little species is common in various 

 parts of the United States, extending as far 

 south as Florida, and north at least to Massa- 

 chusetts, from whence Dr. T. W. Harris sent 

 me a specimen. It resembles several foreign 

 species, and particularly the A. selene^ for which 

 it may be easily mistaken, but on comparison, 

 that species will be found to have the third 

 series of silvery spots widely interrupted in the 

 middle, and the small ocellate spot near the 

 base is not silvery, but black, with a pale pupil ; 

 still, however, they are so very closely allied, 

 that in considering them as distinct species, I 



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