NEONYMPHA II. 



are silver ; and the under side of fore wings is immaculate. Whereas in Areo- 

 latus the bands are ferruginous, while the rings are yellow, the ocelli are five, 

 the points are metallic blue, and the fore wings are not immaculate, but crossed 

 by the pair of common ferruginous bands, and ocelli are often present. In the 

 female thei-e is an increase in the number of bands on fore wing, and ocelli are 

 present. And whether Phocion came from Asia, Africa, or America, was un- 

 known. Abbot figured Areolatus ninety-one years ago (1797), and Boisduval 

 and Leconte again in 183-3. As Areolatus the species has been known to this 

 day. In any case, very much less than ninety years of possession, especially 

 when the title begins with an undoubted description or reliable figure, is suffi- 

 cient against all claimants. To surrender in favor of a doubtful or forgotten 

 name, accompanied by an inapplicable description, and with no locality, is not 

 to be thought of. I reject Phocion, therefore, and have no idea that Areolatus 

 is a variety of what Fabricius had in view, or that one name is a synonym of the 

 other. 



