NYMI'HAI.IXAK: VANKSSA lUX IKRA. 



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VANESSA HUNTERA— The painted beauty. 



[Tlio |iitiiitt'(l Ix'imty ((Mtssc) ; J I miter's Imtti rtly (Harris): l[iintfr"s <-\ iitliy (Kniiiiuiis) ; tlic 

 niarldcil (.'yntliia (Kuss); scarce i>aiiito(l laily (Kylcs).] 



rapilio lonilero Vnhv., Syst. oiitoiii., 499 

 (1775);— Pauz., Drury Al>l»il(l..39-40, pi. 5, fig. 

 11 (178."));— nfrl)st, Xatursyst. ins. sdmiott.. 

 vii: IG-J-KMi. pi. 178, ti-s. .VG; pi. 179. tigs. 1-2 

 (171)4) ;— 8niitli-Ai)li.. Lop. ins. (Ja., i :17-18. pi. 

 9 (1797);— Al)l).. Draw. ins. (Ja.lirit. nnis., vi : 

 29. tigs. 28-29; xvi : 31. tab. 1(»9. 



Vuttcsxo /inntera Gey., Iliilm., Sannnl. i-xot . 

 sclimctt.. Hi: Lep. i. Pap. i. Nymph, vi. 

 Ilania.lr. A. dec. i, tigs. 1-4 (182(j'');— IJoisd.- 

 I.cC. lA'p. AnaM-. sept.. 180-181. ])!. 48. Hgs. 1-4 



(18;?;;). 



CinUhiu hxidera llarr., Hitclio. llcp., oSio 

 (18:W); Ins. inj. veg.. ;^.d ed., 292-29;^, tig. 1 in 

 (1862) ;— Kii-1).. Faun. bor. anier.. iv: 29(j-29T 

 (18:^7) ;— "Westw.. Drury Exot. entoni.,! : 10-11 . 

 pi. ."). tigs. 1. 1 (18;37);— Tluniphr.-Wostw.. 

 Bi-it. butt., ::d cd.. •")7. pi. 1."). tigs. .VC) (18.">(i). 



Pj/rfonfis huntcra DmibL-Hcwits., (ien. 

 diurn. Lep.. i:2()5 (1849) ;— MoiT.. Syn. Lep. 

 N. Anicr.. 00 (18C.-2):— Saiind.. (.an. cut., i :105- 



lOG (1870); -Freneh, Ucp. ins. III., vii: l.V, 

 (1878) ; lUitt. east. U. S.. 199-200 (1880) ;-Middl.. 

 Hop. ins. 111., x: SO (1881);— Cu<i.. ibid., l.V!. 

 (1881): Fern.. Butt. Mo., (>l (1884);— Mayn., 

 Butt. X. E.. 19, pi. .3, tigs. 21, 21a (1886). 



Vanesxd hnnteri Hiibn., Vorz. selimett., ;>J 

 (1810). 



Fapilio hclhidonau idct" rliv/utiana etc, 

 Pot., (ia/oph., i : 4, pi. 3:5, tig. 5 (170it)- 



Xl/iiijt/iriliii {/em. cnnlui virgin lens in 

 Drury, III. nat.hist., i : 10-11. pi. :^, tig. 1 (1770). 

 I'l/niiiteis riiy/inie)tsls Kirb., Syn. catal. 

 Loi).. 180 (1871). 



I'lipiJio iole Cram.. I'ap. oxo;., i: 17-18. 1>I. 

 12. tigs. E. F. (1779). 



Vanestia terpsichore Phil.. An:d. nin\'. 

 Cliilo.xvi: 1089 (1859). 



J'ljrameia terpsichnre lieod. .Vii:ii. univ. 

 Chiio, xlix: 679, pl. 2, tig. 1 (1877). 



Figured by Glover, III. N. A. Lei>.. pl. 14. 

 tiu-. 9; pl. ;r,. tit;-. 2.ined. 



Imago (2:2, ;J ; 12:9). 

 niiiiglcd, especially toward 



(_)n the rock, thoy scurdi 



Like a drop of tiro 



From a brandisliod torcli. 



Fell two red fans of a buttertly : 



Xo turf, no rock, in their ugly stead. 



See, wonderful blue and red. 



Brown iXG.— !>;•«}» ath personae. 



Head covered Avlth dark aIiious or mon.se-colored hair.s, 

 the rear and down that portion of the front which is cou- 

 cealed Ijy the palpi, with a few delicate, pale hairs ; hinder edge of the eye broadly 

 bordered with white scales, narroAving above and backed by dark green, metallic 

 scales. Palpi Avliite. the upper surface and the uppermost edges of the sides dark 

 broAvn. the long hairs of the sides l)lackish, those of the upper surface tinged Avith 

 reddish. Under surface of antennae broAvnish luteous. the remainder blackisli broAvn 

 Avith scattered. Avhitish scales, most abundant on the sides and especially on the outer 

 side: club pale orange luteous. the basal tAvo-thirds covered above with blackisli 

 broAvn scales. 



Protliorax covered Avith hairs, colored like tiioso of the top of the head. Thorax 

 covered above Avith dark metallic green scales, concealed by olivaceous broAvu and 

 golden hairs; patagia slightly reddisli broAvnAvith a feAv scattered, pale hairs; beneath 

 covered Avith grayish Avhite hairs Avhich are often reddisli broAvn at Ijase. Fore tibiae 

 dark broAvn in front, broadly bordered Avith long. Avhitish hairs. Hind femora coA-ered 

 Avith dirty, silvery Avhite scales, excepting tlic middle of the apical portion of the 

 upper surface of the mi(UUe pair and along the middle of the inner surface of the 

 hind pair. Avhere they are mulberry broAvn. Tibiae and tarsi dirty Avhitc. specked with 

 pale broAvn. the under surface of the latter dark yellowish liroAvn : spurs testaceous, 

 spines black: claAvs reddish broAvu, darkest at tip. 



Outer border of fore wings (38 : 12) strongly sinuate, the upper portion broadly 

 rounded, its lower angle well rounded, the loAver portion considerably boAved. 

 Third superior subcostal nervule arising at about one-third, and the fourth at a little 

 less than three-fifths the di-stance from the origin of the second to the outer border. 



