SIS ORDUi USlDOPTtMA. 



AnoriTNia tnukUA. 



Antrmi;'- l>n>wii, lipjinl wUh rur<*ii!t. Fi>r«>win(ri* n bnJt hr-'WU : ct«stn nml maru'iii Mirk, 

 luiirkid \>y llvt' Mil><-i>>ial l>an(t!t, Icsiili-a thf ^tnliK)lt land which f<iriii!) a tlclla wtili 

 the I'oiirtli : a|Mx i>h»rk, nuirktil witlt fnur white cloiit^ntt-tl MiU-oXal »]m>i» : di»k 

 uiurkc«i l>y n n<wi<lllvc r<>uiui ^l«'tl», U->Ulr» which \hvtv untwo Itiituli-* iu reViTs«xl 

 lM><titl<>u with r<•^(M■^t to t-urh xthrr, iiud two rutlu-r <jiuuiruiii;uliir s|Hi|>i ; the outer 

 iuart;iu U triiuiiietl w ith bluck, In-iiriuK ■ n>w of eight or nine white »]Mit». lliudwiii|{» 

 dork ur verydnrk hrowrn, hut lighter nt the luisc.aud tuarked with two ruws of large 

 white !t|>ot.H. Bi'jiikATii, the fon-wings preM-iit much the ^anK' |tallern,exre)it that the 

 white Umler !i|H)|s nn more lii^tin^tly in the forinof ^h<<rt arrowheads Uinlered with 

 binrk. lliiidwiiig<i very uiiiloriuiy dark i>rown,Hnd siM>tt<d witli large while >|>ols : 

 there are three p.-irullel row>, and ttie lu.sal rlu.-ti r mi^iht Ijc ralhd a fourth; the 

 !>huiildert iiave uIao u white >tri)ic ruuning along the edge of ibe wing. LipauM.- of 

 wing, four iuches. 

 This sjiecics is far less coiumuu in the vicinity of Albany than tlie aphrodilt. 



M»;LiT.t.\ piLirrox. ( Plate xliii, flg^. «, 7.) 



Stipe nf the antenna* ringed with hiaek an<I wliite : knob, I>a5e fulvous, middle black, 

 tip gray : l>nlpi, eyes and feet rufuus. Head black, with a ring of white around the 

 eyes, and a row of white 8|K)ts passing around the head just In-liind .the anienns. 

 Tiiorax and upiK-r side of the abdinien black, with a few white dots along the top, 

 and two Mws along the sides. Heiicatli the uUlonien is marked with a rufi>us red 

 M-ries of largish siNits on each side, and the venter with a n«w of )ellowi>h white 

 sjHits. L'hpkr sidk : Wings black : outer margins ornamented with four rows of 

 si>ots ; the outer row rufous, resting on the nervures, and divided ; the time inner, 

 yellowish white ; the innermost rt>w shtjrt : Inyond the rows there are two «'r three 

 diushes of red, |>arallel with the costa. Hind- marked like the forewings, except the 

 short MW of sp.ts is wanting. Ueskjitii, iJie surface of l)oth pairs is marked with 

 four Mws of yellow sj>ots l>etween two «if brown, except the inner brown row of the 

 forewing is r«"plaeed by two large bn.wn sul>o<'Stal sfM.ts : on the hindwings, there Is 

 a cluster of brown and yellow sjMits at the l»as<-. It should l>e noted that the jellow 

 sjKJts of the outer row are all luniiles oi>ening outwards. KxpnnM-of wing, 2 inches. 

 This season (1m:>;0 \h\^ I.utti rlly is ijuite common, while in former years it was scarce. 



Mr-LiT/Tjv riiARos. ( Plate xliii, figs. 5 fc 6.) 



H..id. Ixnly and wings black, markecl with numerous red and yellow sin.ts. Hindwings 



marked with si.v urange-eidore«l sikiIs extending across the wing, the concavities 



turned toward? the base of the wing. Outside of these spots, <hert is a row of six 



