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with black ; outside this, the marginal area is yellow, and 

 similarly marked to the corresponding portion of the fore- 

 wings. 



EXOTIC GENERA ALLIED TO MELUVEA. 



Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. 



The genus Melitaa is well represented in most parts of 

 North America ; but in Tropical America, as before stated, it is 

 replaced by several closely-allied genera, of which the most 

 important are Phytiodes^ Hiibner, and Eresia, Doubleday. 

 PhyciodeS) indeed, extends over the greater part of North 

 America as well. These Butterflies much resem 1 le the small 

 species of Melitaa, measuring from an inch to an inch and a 

 half across the wings, which are generally brown, with red, 

 yellow, tawny, and white spots and markings. The fore-wings 

 are broad, and not much longer than the hind-wings, which are 

 rounded, slightly denticulated, and frequently covered like the 

 fore-wings. The species inhabit open or bush-covered land. 



Eresia includes species somewhat similarly coloured, but 

 larger, measuring from an inch and a half or two inches 

 across the wings. They are forest insects, with longer and 

 narrower fore-wings than Phyciodes ; and many of the species 

 greatly resemble small species of Heliconius^ or some of the 

 black and tawny species of the Sub-family Ithomiincz, from 

 which, however, they may be at once distinguished by their 

 open hind wing-cells. 



Anemeca ehrenbergii (Hiibner) is a curious Mexican species, 

 measuring about two inches across the wings, which are black, 

 with long whitish radiating lines on the outer half. The hind- 

 wings are very pale yellowish-white beneath, with broad black 

 nervures. The wings are rather long, the fore-wings being 

 rather longer than the hind wings, and the hind-margins are 

 rounded. 



