ADDENDA. 393 



47J. Melit^a Streckeri, Ellsworth. (Page 170.) 

 Size of M. Ph^tox. 



It is of a deep velvety black with a marginal row of 

 bright orange red spots on both wings, larger than in 

 M. Phceton. This is followed by a single row of pale 

 yellow spots, the third, fourth and fifth on fore Avings 

 being geminate. A single, faint, and almost imper- 

 ceptible red dash marks the center of the discal cell. 

 On under side of fore Avings are two large brick-red 

 spots and a slight indication of a second transverse 

 band of yellow lunes. On the hind wings are six 

 large red spots, promiscuously arranged, and three or 

 four light yellow dots near the anal angle. 



Vestal, N. C. 



841 Neonympha Mitchellh, French. (Page 238.) 



Expanse of wings, male, 1.20 to 1.30 inches; female, 

 1.50 inches. 



Male. — Upper surface grayish wood-brown, rather 

 dark, without spots or marks, except that the spots of 

 the under side of the hind wings and the dark lines bor- 

 dering the terminal dark yellow line on the same wings 

 show through a little. Fringes concolorous, in certain 

 lights a little smoky tinged. Under surface slightly 

 paler than the upper, a little more of the mouse order 

 of color, sprinkled with buff scales. Both the wings are 

 crossed by four transverse brownish-yellow stripes, so 

 dark on the fore wings as to be yellow brown, occupying 

 the same position as the same lines in its ally, N. Area- 

 latus, the first and second uniting by a rounded end 

 about a tenth of an inch from the inner margin of hind 

 wings, the two outer— one terminal and the other sub- 



