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LiMENiTis AUTHEMis. ./N ywipAfl/w arthcmis ( Dniry). ( Plate xliii, figs. 2 - 9.) 

 Wings black, marked by a broad white band oomnion to both pair, roachini? very nearly 

 to the niart^ins : ai)i(al jiorlion niarkeil with throe white sjiots, to which a Iburth is 

 sonicliiues added. Heiicnth, the basjil portion is blaek, perhaps f!;re(■ni^h, and orna- 

 menled with a cluster of brown spots and bluish preen l«ii-s situate*! near the base : 

 at the apex there are tlin-e white spots. Posterior wings bene;ith are marked with six 

 or seven brown sj)ofs outside of the while !)and : niartiin trininie<I with white, blaek 

 and blue. The last-mentioned spots are in two jiaralld lines, and bear the form some- 

 what of lunules. 

 TTie anterior pair of feet are white before : abdomen black, and the vtnter lias a yellow 

 strijie on the specimen iH'fore me. 

 This species seems to have a wide range ; being found as far uortli as Lake Winnepec, 

 and south into \irginia. 



Arcvxnis ArnuouiTK. 

 Stipe of the antennse long, butf-brown ; knob black. Head ami l)ody buff, with black upon 

 the thorax and upper side of the abdomen. Color of the wings bright Inill-yellow or 

 fulvous ; forcwings spotted and banded with black, and both pair darker at base as 

 well as hairy. In front there are six or seven black subcostal bands : the four from 

 the base are connected with a zigzag band which extends across the wing ; or they 

 may be regarded as a connected series of lunules, having in frtnt of their concavities 

 a row of six round black spots, beyond which is a regular row of seven lunules 

 smaller than the former : niiU'gin trimmeil and eilged witli two blaek lines, which 

 are dilated where tliey cross a nervure. lliudwings marked with distant rows of lu- 

 nules, between which there is a row of roundish spots : they are trimmed ami edgid 

 like the forewiugs. BEKiiAxn paler, and the subcostal bands are more distinct : there 

 is a double row of lunules, with three spots between. At the apex, the black spots 

 and lunules of the upper sides are replaced by silvery ones. Hindwings, base deeper 

 colored than the wide margins, and ornamented with three parallel rows of bright 

 silvery sjiols, and several more which cluster at the base : among the rows, there are 

 small silvery spots scattered about without oixler : margin ti'inimed with a ]ilain 

 brown l)and edged with black. The silvery spots are surrounded with a black ring 

 wliollyor in part; and there is a straight line also on the forewings, between the 

 third and fourth subcostal bands. Expanse of wing, 2J inches. 

 This species si very common in the western part of Massachusetts and Eastern New- 

 York. 



