Genus Calephelis 



plate. On the under side the wings are pale red, marked with a 

 few black spots, representing on the under side the markings 

 of the upper side. Of these, the spots of the median and sub- 

 marginal bands are most conspicuous. Expanse, 1.00-1.3=5 

 inch. 



(a) Lemonias zela, Butler, var. cleis, Edwards, Plate XXVllI, 

 Fig. 19, 5 ; Fig. 20, $ (Cleis). 



The pale variety, c/ei's, is sufficiently well represented in our 

 plate to need no description. On the under side it is like L. 



^he species occurs in Arizona and Mexico. 



Genus CALEPHELIS, Grote and Robinson 



Butterfly. — Very small, brown or reddish in color, with me- 

 tallic spots upon the wings. Head small; eyes naked; antennse 

 relatively long, slender, with a bluntly rounded 

 club. Palpi very short; the third joint small, 

 pointed. The accompanying cut shows the neu- 

 ration. 



Early Stages. — Entirely unknown, 

 (i) Calephelis caenius, Linnaeus, Plate 

 XXVlll, Fig. 16, S (The Little Metal-mark). 

 Fig. 127.— Neu- Butterfly. — Very small, reddish-brown on the 

 ration of the genus upper side, brighter red on the under side. On 

 both the upper and under sides the wings are 

 profusely spotted with small steely-blue metallic markings, ar- 

 ranged in more or less regular transverse series, especially on the 

 outer margin. Expanse, .75 inch. 



Early Stages. — The life-history is unknown. 

 Caiiius is common in Florida, and ranges thence northward 

 to Virginia and westward to Texas. 



(2) Calephelis borealis, Grote and Robinson, Plate XXVIII, 

 Fig. 12, 6, tinder side; Fig. 13, 6 (The Northern Metal-mark). 

 Butterfly. — Fully twice as large as the preceding species. The 

 wings on the upper side are sooty-brown, spotted with black, 

 and marked by a marginal and submarginal series of small me- 

 tallic spots. On the under side the wings are light red, spotted 

 with a multitude of small black spots arranged in regular series. 



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