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MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



Timetes petreus is very angular in outline, at first sight giving 

 one tlie idea that some one had tried the experiment of seeing what 

 a grotesque ereature he could manufacture. The upper wings have 

 a slight resemblance to those of (jrrapta. The tails are long, and 

 blunt at the ends. The colors of the wings are dark reddish orange 

 streaked and margined with black. The under side is light brown 

 of various shades tinged with pink. The bod}- and a narrow band 

 along tlie inner margin of the lower wings is liglit l)uff. 



Timetes coresia. Male. 



One of tlie most strikingly colored species of this genus is Timetes 

 coresia. The upper side is a rich dark brown deepening to black in 

 a band across the middle of each wing, with a lighter reddish brown 

 space along the outer margin of all four wings. In strong contrast 

 to this dark coloring is the very light under side. The inner half of 

 the wings is almost pure white with two or three faint lines of brown 

 crossing them. The outer half is lifjht brown and buff with an irreo-- 

 ular reddish l)rowii Ijand following the outline of the white area 

 aci'oss the wings. This Ijutteifi}' is not at all common, and one 



