NEONYMPHA I. 



NEONYMPHA GEMMA, 1^. 



Neonympha Gemma, Hiibner, Zutr. Exot. Schmett., I., figs. 7, 8, 1818; Boisduval and Lcconte, Lepid. 

 de I'Amer., pi. 62, 1833; Edwards, Can. Ent., XI., 31, 1879; French., But. of East. U. S., p. 235, 1886. 



Male. — Expands 1.25 inch. 



Upper side uniform gray-brown ; secondaries have four small black spots on 

 middle of hind margin, in pairs on the interspaces, often more or less obsolete ; 

 fringes concolored with the wino;s. 



Under side lighter, with a yellowish tint, through which the dark ground 

 shows in fine streaks, particularly over basal areas ; primaries crossed by three 

 brown crenated lines, two of which limit the discal band, the other midway 

 between this and margin, running towards apex ; these discal lines are continued 

 on secondaries, but are more widely separated, heavier, more irregular, the outer 

 one projecting a sharp spur on second sub-costal nervule, reddish-brown ; there 

 is also a trace of a sub-marginal line next anal angle, the margin there reddish- 

 brown ; on middle of hind margin a large sub-oval patch of red-brown thickly 

 dusted with yellowish scales, so as almost to conceal the ground, and within this, 

 next margin, four velvet-black spots in pairs, each bearing an inverted T-shaped 

 silver mark ; the interspaces to outer angle each with two dashes of silver, and 

 the second median interspace with an interrupted silver serration, the sub- 

 median with a dash. 



Body above color of wings, beneath, the thorax gray and brown, abdomen yel- 

 lowish ; legs gray-brown ; palpi same with many black hairs ; antennoe fuscous 

 above, brown below, ringed with yellowish ; club ferruginous, black on upper 

 side. 



Female. — Expands 1.3 inch. Scarcely differing in any respect from the male. 



Egg. — Sub-globular, as high as broad, the base flattened ; surface under a 

 low power smooth, but under a high one seen to be reticulated throughout in 



