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the whole outline of wings ; but in A. Olympia there are no indications of the orange coloured apical spot 

 that is one of the adornments of Eupheme. 



I am led to believe that in reality this species is not of much greater rarity than A. Genutia,* but it is 

 doubtless owing to its colour that it has heretofore enjoyed immunity from capture, as our white butterflies 

 generally are such common species that the collector passes them by in his search for others more desirable ; 

 but my urgent advice would be, that in early spring these white butterflies be not despised, for, by diligence 

 and patient watching, the careful observer may be right nobly rewarded by the capture of examples of this 

 hitherto rare species. As the types were captured in company with A. Genutia in Virginia, and also were 

 taken in Texas, and coupling this with the fact that A. Genutia is found in the United States east of the 

 Mississippi generally, it is but reasonai)]e to suppose that A. Olympia will be found in the same localities, and 

 should any one be fortunate enough to get a surplus of examples thereof, I will be most happy to exchange for 

 one or more such indigenous or exotic species as may be acceptable. 



MELITAEA PKrrA. Edwards. 



Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., Vol. IV, p. 201, (1865) ; 

 Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 17, (1872). 

 Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 171, (1871). 



(PLATE VIII, FIG. 10, cf.) 



Male. Expands 1| inches. 



Body, black above ; j)ale yellow beneath. 



Upper surface, black with red and yellow spots and marks arranged much as in the allied species, Phaon,t 

 &c. ; fringes white with black at tlie terminatious of veins. 



Under surface; primaries whitish-yellow and red, a black patch at inner angle, another on middle of in- 

 terior margin, a black elbowed bar extends from this to the costa, half way between this bar and the exterior 

 margin is another black dash extending from costa, where it is widest, to nearly the middle of wing, where it 

 terminates in a line. 



Secondaries, entirely whitish-yellow, two black specks on costa, and two small clusters of grey scales at 

 exterior margin ; fringes as above. 



Habitat. Colorado, Nebraska, Mexico. It is, as yet, represented in but few collections. 



The smallest of the N. American species yet discovered, and easily distinguished from all others by the 

 almost immaculate under side of secondaries. 



MEUTAEA MATA. Reakiri. . ^""^^ 



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Phyciodes Mata, Kirby, Cat. Diurnal Lep., p. 177, (1871). 

 Mditaea Mata, Edwards, Syn. N. Am. Butt., p. 17, (1872). 



{Eretia M.) Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., Vol. VI, p. 142, (1866). .. r^ 



(PLATE VIII, FIG. 11, ?.) 



Female. Expands IJ inches. 



Body blackish above ; beneath white. 



Upper surface, blackish brown with yellowish white markings. Primaries, a marginal row of luuules, 

 the one between first and second median nervules much larger than the others ; these are succeeded by two 

 broad bands extending from costa to interior margin ; within the dark space betwixt these bands and base of 

 wing are two other narrower white bands. 



*Fabricu9, Ent. Syst. Ill, 1, p. 193, (lim). 

 t Proc. Ent. Soc, Phila., Vol. II, p. 505, (1864). 



