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THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE 



70. ViCTOEiNA Steneles, Linii. 



Expanse of wings 3.3 inches. 



]\Iale. — Upper surface dull black, marked by grass- 

 green spots or markings. These consist of a row or 

 band extending obliquely across the middle of the fore 

 wings and the base of the hind wings, and a subterminal 

 row common to both wings. The first row occupies about 



Fm. 67. 



Victorina Steneles, male (natural size). 



the middle third of the fore wing and is broken up inuj 

 oblong spots, but on the hind wing it is continuous, there 

 being but little black between this and the base. Fig. 

 57 shows how this band is broken up into spots, con- 

 sisting of two beyond the cell ; then an interspace with- 

 out a spot ; the third in the upper median space, con- 

 tinued into the cell by a blunt conical spot, the vein 

 separating them, and both rounded inwardly ; the fourth 



