168 THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



New York to the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi Valley, 

 Colorado, Arizona, California; and occasional in New 

 Hampshire. 



47. Melit^a Phaeton, Drury. 



Expanse of wings from 2 to 2.25 inches. 

 Upper surface black, spotted with fulvous and pale 

 yellow. The fulvous spots are a marginal row on both 

 wings and in the discal cells. The marginal spots are 



nearly round on the 

 Fig. 44 - fore wings, but on 



the hind wings they 

 are blunt conical, 

 the points inward. 

 Those in the cells 

 of the fore wings 

 are two clusters, 



Melitsea Phaeton (natural size). 01ie °* * nree a ^ the 



end, and the other 

 of two in the middle ; and there is a cluster of four 

 on the hind wings. There may be all of these present, 

 or they may vary from this to none. There are also two 

 or three more or less distinct spots on the costa of the 

 hind wings. The yellow spots are two submarginal rows 

 on both wings, the outer a series of crescents, the inner 

 round ; two half rows beyond the cell of the fore wings, 

 and two or three spots in the cells. A part of these may 

 be absent. 



The under side is black, with the marginal row of 

 orange or fulvous spots, two large spots in the cell of 

 the fore mugs, and six spots of the same in the basal 

 half of the hind wings, arranged in two irregular rows. 



