FAMILY NVMl'IIM.ID.i:. 121 



L'lmr.u-tcr lu'twcTii twn ntliri-s, iianii-ly llii- S'lti/rinii- ami Niiiitylniliinf. wliilst tln' ihmit rcTi-iitlv (li.si-n- 

 ven-'l Inssils im- rcfmilili', witli >>iw i-.\ir|itii)ii, to the two hitter -{foiips. 'I'lic iicrviiii's iipiiear to huvt- 



1 II iiniiri->;iiiiti'<l with iron, wliii-h will juirtly ai-count for their well-<k'tiii(;(l coiulitioii. 1 iiave thoii;;|it 



it wi'll to HI) up my i)late hy ri'|iiv.st'iitatioiis of two fossils from the Cretaceous ami Mioeeiie seriey. iini 

 only to show the remarkalile state of preservation, as regiinls pattern auM eulmii-. wlijili they i-.\hiliil 

 when rouijiaivil with the Jiinussie. luit in onler that I may rumler more definite iiMtain remarks n-.-- 

 pei-tiiij,' them in my ( 'atalofjiies of rahrieiaii anil Satyriilian Lejiiilojitera. 



(;KNrs .XF.mKIMU'IS. Ihitl.r (S'ltijriwi). 



ycor'niopls Sfpti/hi, Jig. o. 



C'yllo scpiilta. lioi.silin-nl, Ann. Soe. Eiit. Prance, p. ;!71. |il. '^ (ISIO). 



Vanessa scpiilta, Lefi'brrc, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fi-anee, ]). 71, i»l. ;5, figs. 

 A— C (1851). 



Aix-la-Cliapcllt'. ^^'llit(' Sandstone. 



I have iliseiissecl the position ol liiis speeies in my C'alalo^'ue ol Satyriihe, )ip. isii. I'.iii ; siiowin- 

 that its nearest ally is Xcuriiiu Loirti, a common Uornean .species, but that it also has a slit^jitly nion- 

 ■list.'int I'elatiousliip to Antln-lntn f/iilnrtrti'K and Anchiphhhla An-hn-iji, two common Tropical .\niericaii 

 forms ; the amount of attinity, lus regaiils the two fii-st of these sjiecies, may be .seen on my plate, tij^s. 

 4 an«l T) ; the resemblance to Aur/iiji/iMiin is less striking, ami the aHinity more doubtful : it has 

 nothing,' to do with C'l/f/o. 



(iKM/.S .irXOXIA, //«///»-/■ (X,jmj,l„ill„<i). 



Jioibn'ia V Pinto, fig. 7 . 



Vanessa riutn. lln-r. Noiiv. ^Mcm. 8i)e. Jlelv. xi.. p. l.M, pi. 1 I ils.'itt). 



.Mai-lestonc oi' l!a(lal)-)j. 



I have noticed this species at p. lO'J of my Catalogue of Fabrician lli\irnal l^pidopteni : .Mr. 

 W. 11. Kdwaiils of W. Virginia having decided in his liuttertlies of X. America tliat it is nnipicstionably 

 an Anjijiiiii" allieil to A. IJi'iint, notwithstanding the important discrejianeies wliicji Heer points out. 



