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are four small, round, black spots, placed two and two. Above these, nearer the shoulders, are several 

 small, black, oblong spots, placed irregularly. '^The wings, particularly the posterior pair, are a little 

 dentated. 



Under Side. Anterior wings, at the base and along the posterior edges, clay-coloured. Near 

 the interior angle of each wing is a round black spot ; several others which are very small, oblong, and 

 fainter, being scattered about on cUfferent parts. Posterior wings, at the base, fainter clay-coloured. 

 About half the wings, from the external edges, are of a blueish clay colour, which is separated from the 

 other part by a faint waved line of a reddish hue. Two other faint waved lines also run along the 

 external edges, answering to the black ones on the upper side ; and the four black spots seen there 

 are very small on this side, being but just perceptible. 



MELIT^A PHAETON. 



Plate XXI. fig. 3. 4. 



Order: Lepitloptera. Section: Diurna. Family: NjanphalitlaB, 5'jd). 



Genus. Melit^a, Fabr. Argynnis, Latr. et God. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.), Dmry. 



Melit^a Phaeton. Alis subrotimdatis integcrrimis, nigris, singiilarum extimo supra, pagina omni subtus 

 fulvo flavoque maculatis. (Expans. Alar. 3 unc. 9 lin. fere.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dau. Festiv.) Pliaetou, Drury, App. v. 2. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 111. 1. p. Hi. iVo. 140. Cramer, 

 pi. W3./. CD. Argynnis Phaetontea, Latr. et God. Enc. MMi. is., p. 2%%. Boisduv. Hist. nat. Lep. 

 pi. 7. B.f. 3. 



Habitat: New York; taken in June and September, whence there are probably two broods in the year. 



Upper Side. Body and wings black. The anterior pair of the latter with nine red spots placed near 

 the external edges ; above which are two rows of spots, of a lemon colour, with some other small ones 

 placed near the upper edges. Posterior wings with eight red triangular spots, placed close to the 

 external edges. Above these is a row of lemon-coloured crescents ; and above that is another row of 

 lemon-coloured round spots. The wings are entire. 



Under Side. Anterior wings black, with a red indented margin ; within the external edge is a row 

 of lemon-coloured crescents. Near the costa, about the middle of each wing, are two larger red spots, 

 and a smaller one at the corner, next the shoulders. The remainder of the wings is sprinkled with 

 lemon-coloured spots, of different shapes and sizes, in all about twenty-six on each. Posterior wings 

 black, having their external edges margined with triangular red spots; above wliich is a row of 

 lemon-coloured crescents ; and over these is a row of round lemon-coloured spots. The remaining part 

 of the wings is covered with lemon-coloured and red spots ; the foi-mer very small, and the latter rather 

 large, and angularly shaped. 



MELIT^A THAROS. 



Plate XXI. fig. 5. 6. 



Order: Lepidoptera. Section: Diurna. Famtlv : Nymphalidae, S'/c. 

 Genus. Melitjea, Fabr. Argynais, Latr. et God. Papiho (Dan. Festiv.) Xliv/r*/. 



MELIT.EA Tharos. Ahs subrotundatis integerrimis, supra fnlvis, Uneis plurimis transversis llmboriuc comtnuni 

 nigi-is, posticis utrinque ad extimum striga punctorum nigrorum. (Expans. Alar. 1 unc. lin. fere.) 



Syn. Papilio (Dan. Festiv.) Tharos, Drury, App. v. 2. Cramer, pi. IGd.fig. E. F. 

 Argynnis Tharossa, Latr. et God. Encycl. Meth. ix.p. 289. No. 61. 



Habitat: New York. 



