NYMPIIALINAi: : VANESSA Al'AF.ANTA. 44] 



Tithle of sj>ecies, baaed on (he iiiuo/n. 



The orango colors on iii>i)(n- siirf:ico of fore \viu<,'s coiilinol to a ■siiit^ie transverse l)elt {I'lirn- 

 '"'^'*) atalanta. 



The oranj<e colors oi» upper surfiico of fore wings not contined to a single belt {Neoiti/muwh). 

 Two large ocelli on under surface of hind wings, each broader than an intersi)ace.huntera. 



At least four ocelli on under surface of hind wings, never broader than an interspace 



cardui. 



(IKOUr I (Pyranieis). 



Wings of imago marked above with a toiis[)icuous briglit colored bow, wliicb 

 crosses tlic middle of tlie fore wings and nmrgins tlie liind pair. Under surface of sanu; 

 without conspicuous ocelli. Hook of upper organ bifid at tip; clasps tapering a little 

 and s<|uarely docked at the tip; secondary armature transverse. 



VANESSA ATALANTA— The red admiral. 



[The red admiral (Auct.); atalanta vaness (Ennnons); atalanta butterliy (Harris).] 



rapllio atak(ntHLhm.,8yiit. iiat., 10th ed. xv : 14-'2U (18S;i); xvii: 179 (1885) ;— French, 



478 (1758). Kep. ins. III.. vii:153 (1878); Butt. east. U.S.. 



Vunesm atnkmta Ynbr., Ill mng. h\ii.,\i: U)6-19S (1886):— Middl., Kep. ins. III., x:8(; 



281 (1807) ;— Boisd.-LeC, Lcp. AmtH-. sept., (1881);— Fern.. Butt. Me., .39-00, tig. 20 (188-1) ; 



175-177 (18;>'.) ;— Kirb., Faun, bor.-amer., iv : — 3Iayn., Butt. N. E.. IS, pi. 20, 20a (1880). 



294 (1837) ;— Pack., Monogr. Phal. U. S., 28, pi. Ltbi/theu otalontu Lam.. Anim. sans vert. , 



7, tig. 20, 20a (1876) ; — Scudd., Butt., 110-111. iv : 2!t (1817). 



i;J9-140, tigs. 13. 72, 95. 128 (1881). IIa)na(h-;/os decora atalanta Hiibu.. Ver/. 



Kymi'thalis atalanta Latr.. Hist. nat. crust. eur. scbmett.,2 (1822). 



ins., xiv: 86-87 (1805). (Jijnthia atalanta Harr.. Hitchc. Rep., .JOo 



Af/lais atalanta Dalm., Kougl. vetensk. (1830) ; Entoni. corrcsp., 279 (1869). 



acad. handl., xxxvii: 65 (1816). Fapilo amiralis IJetz.. Gen. sp. ins.. 31 



P'jrameis atalanta Hiibu., Verz. schmett.. (1783). 



33(1816); — Morr., Syu. Lep. N. Amer., 58-59 Figured by (Jlover. III. X. A., Lep.,pl. 22, 



(1862);— Ed w., Cau.eut., xiv: 229-23i (1882): tig. 1; pi. 33. tig. 4. 



Voici ie Vulcain rapide. 

 Qui vole comme un oiseau : 

 Sou aile noire et splendide 

 Porte un grand rubaii ponceau. 



Gerard De Ner\ al.— ie^- i'rtinV/o?*.*. 



Imago (2 : 6; 12 : 5). Head covered with mingled bluish gray and reddish brown 

 hairs, sprinkled with a few black ones ; the scales in immeiliate proximity to the hinder 

 edge of the eye are pearly white, behind that brown and white. Pali>i wdiite exteriorly, 

 fringed below with long, blackish hairs, the upper lialf of the apical three-fifths of the 

 middle joint covered with dark yellowish brown and black scales and hairs; apical 

 joint like the dark portions of the middle joint but with a few' white and yellowish 

 white scales beneath ; interiorly the palpi are dusky above with a median line of spread- 

 ing, white scales near the upper edge ; beneath and on the lower portion of the inner 

 side dirty yellowish wiiite. Antennae beneath yellowish brown ; elsewhere black, the 

 base of each joint broadly annulated with white, most broadly at the sides, inter- 

 rupted by the brighter color beneath ; the basal six or seven joints have but little or 

 none of this above; club velvety black, touched with white only at the extreme base, 

 the apical four joints above, the apical two joints below, pale straw yellow. Basal 

 third of tongue luteous, beyond brownish fuscous, luteo-fuscous centrally, the extreuu' 

 tip luteous; papillae (61 :29) indian-club shaped, twice as broad in middle as at base, 

 appressed. 



Protliorax clothed like the head, the gray hairs [)redominating and a few white scales 



