NYMPHALID^. 



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nuclei' side the ground color is not so dark. The rows of light spots 

 are more numerous and the reddish spots along the margins are so 

 close together as to make an almost continuous hand. The inner 

 third of the wing is hlotclied witli a numher of large reddisli spots 



Melitiiea phaeton. 



with light yellow spots surrounded with black rings between them. 

 The body is dark brown below with reddish spots on the abdomen, 

 and the legs and palpi are reddish. 



Melitfea phaeton. 



This butterfly, although rarely seen except by those who know 

 where it is to be found and are in diligent search for it, is not rare 

 in New England. It is extremely local in its distribution, being 

 found about meadows or swampy districts, and usually in numbei's 



